• ‘Public Awareness Rally’ to be held as scheduled on October 31
• ACAUT requests NSCN (IM) to extend co-operation for the rally
• ACAUT appeals to Indian government to immediately stop provocation

Westernized society? Well, it
means we all own cell phones,
buy rice, vegetables and water
from the city wallahs..

NTC not to
accept ban
DIMAPur, october
29 (Mexn): President of
the Nagaland Tribes Council
(NTC), Thepfulhouvi Solo,
has stated in a press release
today that the NSCN (IM) ban
on the Council is “absolutely
unacceptable.” “NTC aims for
the protection of the Constitutional Rights of the Nagas
of the State of Nagaland from
abuse by others, very similar
to UNC of Manipur,” Solo noted. In that, the NTC has even
objected to certain actions of
the State Government considered“illegitimateinfringement of the rights the Nagas
of Nagaland.” The statement
also mentions that except
for “some pertinent lapses”
of the Naga Hoho, the NTC is
“not against any Organization.” The NTC has clearly
stated, said Solo, that the NTC
“remembers Naga aspiration
but it is not a Political Body.”
It reminded that the NTC is
founded on the principles of:
freedom for formation of any
lawful organization, freedom
of peaceful assembly, and any
organization not against it is
NTC’s partner.

Load shedding in
Mokokchung town

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Mokokchung, october 29 (Mexn): The
Executive Engineer, Mokokchung Electrical Division,
Nagaland has informed
that a 33/11 kv 2.5MVA
transformer feeding Mokokchung town, has “burnt
down” on October 29 morning. In a press note, the Engineer stated that until replacement of the same, the
Department is compelled
to impose load shedding.
Since the other single 33/11
kv 5MVA transformer from
which the power supply is
to be given is also overloaded, consumers have been requested to reduce their consumption upto the extent
possible till the situation is
normalized. The load shedding shall be taken alternatively between Block A and
Block B for two hours each
starting from this evening.
The affected areas are: 11 kv
Faldu Feeder -Arkong, Upper Kumlong, Mongsenbai,
Marepkong, Ungma (Block
A), 11 kv Hospital FeederAongza, Sangtemla, Penli,
Majakong, Lijabalichen, Artang (Block A), 11 kv Bazaar
Feeder- Dilong, Alongmen,
Mkg Compound (AIR area),
Tongdentsuyong, Alempang, Sungkomen (Block B),
11 kv Pump House FeederKapayong, Mkg Village, Tsusapang, Chuchuyimpang,
FAC, DEF, Longmisa (Block
B). However, additional load
shedding, if any, from Load
Control Aolijen Sub-Station shall also be affected.
The areas not affected are:
Salangtem, Yimyu, Kichutip,
part of Lower Aongza, part
of Lower Arkong, Lower
Kumlong (IOC area).

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DIMAPur, october 29 (Mexn): The
Action Committee Against Unabated Taxation (ACAUT) has stated that the “cry of the
common man being undeniable,” the ‘Public Awareness Rally’ will be held as scheduled on October 31 and has “requested” the
NSCN (IM) to extend co-operation for the
rally. This was stated in a press note issued
by the Media Cell, ACAUT. It may be mentioned that the NSCN (IM) had taken a decision to “disallow” the rally.
In this regard, the ACAUT has clarified
to the NSCN (IM) that it is not against the
Naga political solution or the Naga movement. “It is not opposed to any of the Naga
Political Groups (NPGs) as is being made
out nor is it against any organisation and
individual,” it stated. However, the ACAUT
is “against a system which has diluted the
peoples mandated movement of its sheen
and mass support much to the dismay and
angst of the Naga people.” “Time and again,
ACAUT has reiterated that multiple and
unabated taxation has done nothing but
harmed the interest of the Naga people and
the common man.”
Further, according to ACAUT, “unabated
taxation is affecting every strata of society
and consequently the emotional appeal of
the Naga movement for sovereignty is being undermined.” In that, the ACAUT has
merely appealed “to the leaderships of the
NPGs to rein in wayward cadres and put its
house in order.”
The ACAUT has also mentioned about
the memorandum submitted to the Chief
Minister on August 30, asking the State
Government “to set its house in order too,
namely the illegal collections by police and
other departments, the DMC imbroglio, the
issue of illegal immigrants and corruption in
developmental works, etc.” The press note
stated that the State Government refused to
acknowledge this despite time extension on
expiry of the ultimatum. “The ACAUT was
left with no choice but to announce the go
ahead with its programme on October 31.”
The ACAUT stated that it “sincerely
wishes that an honourable political solution is found for the Naga nation,” and also
told “the Indian government and its paramilitary forces that it strongly condemns
interference in matters which are purely
the internal kitchen matters of the Naga
family.” “That the Assam Rifles chose to take
advantage of family dispute and surround
Hebron Camp is most condemnable and an
act of betrayal. This action has jeopardized
the job of the ACAUT and periled the lives
of its members for which the Assam Rifles
shall be responsible,” stated the ACAUT and
appealed to the Indian government that “in
the interest of peace, this provocation be
stopped immediately.”

reconsider ban: nMA appeals
kohIMA, october 29 (Mexn): The Naga Mothers’ Association
(NMA) has expressed “serious concern” over banning of the ACAUTproposed public rally by NSCN (IM). While extending appreciation to
both the NSCN (IM) and ACAUT for their “concern and efforts in trying
to bring about protecting the interest of the Nagas,” the NMA, in a press
release issued today, called upon all to “exhibit large heartedness and
a spirit of accommodation towards any step in the right direction that
deserves support and cooperation from all section of the Naga society.”
In this, the NMA has made a fervent appeal to “The GPRN to reconsider
their resolution adopted on 28th October 2013 banning the proposed
rally of the ACAUT” and to “both the parties to give each other space
and if there is any misunderstanding in between, to resolve it through
dialogue to maintain peace and bring about amicable solution to this
imbroglio.” As mothers, the NMA said, “our concern have always been
to build a healthy society for our people and we will continue to uphold
and give our best to strengthen our aspiration.”

‘Tearing down banners will
not silence the voices of people’
Morung Express News
Dimapur | October 29

The ACAUT today informed that
the ‘Signature Campaign’ banners
at Clock Tower—manned by The
Naga Blog (TNB) – were “pulled
down by unscrupulous elements
and carted away.” This, it stated,
“has hurt the sentiments of the
people and the ACAUT condemns
such acts of cowardice.”
Business Association of Nagas
(BAN) pointed out that “tearing
down the banners will not silence
the voices of the general public.”
While pointing out “the immaturity of individuals who have torn
down the banners of the ACAUT’s
signature campaign,” the BAN in a
statement, affirmed that “this rally
is not targeted against any organization but is simply an expression
of people who are fed up with the
sad state of affairs.”
Citizens who turned up at the
Clock Tower to sign the ACAUT
banners Tuesday morning were
in for a shock as the banners were
found removed. ACAUT members
at the site said that about 20 banners were taken away. The missing
banners, with signatures on them,
were replaced by a new one. The
replacements were however also
torn down later in the afternoon
by unidentified men. A witness
said that 4-5 persons turned up
at the Clock Tower at around 4:30

pm, took down the remaining banners and left. The police was finally
called to keep vigil at the site. Pastors from the Lotha Baptist Church,
BAN, Eastern Naga Students Union,
Dimapur, Miss Dimapur 2013 and
Nightwatch Prayer Group had
turned up. A pastor, expressing disappointment, termed the act as a
direct challenge to democracy and
against the wishes of the people;
and on the flipside has only reinforced the people’s support.
Medicine shops, Garages to
close till noon on October 31
The Nagaland Medicine Dealers Association has informed
that all “the Medicine shops in
and around Dimapur will remain
closed from 9AM to 12 noon on October 31” in support of the ACAUT
rally. The NMDA issued this statement today. Furthermore, Dimapur District Garage Welfare Trade
Union has requested all its registered garages to remain closed on
October 31 to “fully support the
ACAUT rally.”
Schools, Colleges requested
to close on October 31
The ACAUT has requested all
schools and colleges in Dimapur
District to close their institutions
on October 31 to show solidarity
with the ‘Public Awareness Rally’
and also to enable the students to
attend the rally.

Msf to collaborate with
Mon hospital till July 2014

Mon, october 29
(Mexn): On October 7,
Nagaland Chief Secretary
Alemtemshi Jamir signed
a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Luke
Arend, the India Country
Director for the international medical NGO, Médecins Sans Frontières
(MSF)/Doctors without
Borders. They agreed to a
1 year extension on the existing 3-year agreement to
support the civil hospital in
Mon, which began in 2010.
The MoU was signed in Kohima. This was informed in
a press release from Beatrice Barbot, Field Coordinator for MSF in Mon.
“I am very proud of the
collaboration between
MSF and the Nagaland government over the last 3
years, which together we
have translated into significant improvements to the
healthcare for the people of

Mon,” said Arend.
This 1 year extension,
until July 2014, is for a process of “transitioning back”
the running of the Mon
district hospital to “full
Department of Health &
Family Welfare (DoH&FW)
operational responsibility,”
informed the press statement. MSF will withdraw
from Mon in July 2014.
The MoU extension defines and gives timelines
for this process of transition to happen. This will include, informed MSF Mon:
the absorption of some
MSF-funded staff to continue in the hospital, to move
from MSF to DoH&FW supplied medicines and medical materials, the progressive transition of hospital
departments from MSF to
DoH&FW, transition of administrative and logistic
support functions.
MSF India Country Direc-

tor Arend further said, “MSF
are fully committed to making this a successful handover, and DoH&FW, along
with community groups, are
showing they are also committed to quality services in
Mon hospital continuing after MSF withdraws.”
Arend also stated how
the community has increased their involvement
in the hospital. “We have
seen over the last year the
increased support of the
community groups with
the hospital, which is great
and fully encouraged. It is
clear that the future success of the Mon hospital
is for the community support to continue and grow.
The more the community
show it is “their hospital,”
and play an active role in
how it is managed and
functions, the better will be
the healthcare for the Mon
population,” he noted.

UNC President L Adani
has said that the rights of
the indigenous people living in the hills of Manipur
State are being “obliterated
through laws, enactments
and notifications.” He said
this in respect to the “demand emanating from the
Imphal valley for recognizing the dominant community as tribals and declaring
Manipur as a hill state.”
“The distinct identity
of the tribals which finds
its essence in their unique
cultures and tradition is
being proposed to be nullified in a new construct of
‘Manipur’ and ‘Manipuri,’”
noted Adani. He was delivering a solidarity message
from the Naga people to the
Zo people at the 3rd World
Zomi Convention held here
from October 25-27.
He reminded that the 20
“tribal MLAs” (in a house of
60) are caught in an equation where they are again
divided on “tribal and party
lines” and cannot assert the
rights of the tribal people of
Manipur. “The equation and
configuration in the system

simply does not allow tribals to muster strength in
unity. It is rights of the tribals versus the interest of the
dominant community, in a
system which weighs heavily in the favour of the latter.”
In such a scenario,
the demand for a Scheduled Tribe (ST) status for
the Meitei community in
Imphal could, according
to the UNC President, have
“obvious ramifications” for
the people living in the hills.
“Protection of our land, our
employment opportunities
and our representation will
cease to be operative by law.
The tribals must not fail to
discern the interest which
has spawned this demand,
for it is with the same disrespect with which our
rights are being obliterated
through laws, enactments
and notifications.”
This “common concern” led to the institution
of the Manipur Tribal Peoples’ Co-ordination Committee in August 2013 by
the apex tribal organizations in the State. It has also
led the All Tribal Students’
Union Manipur (ATSUM)
to launch the second phase
of its agitation against the

usurping of the rights of
the indigenous people of
the hills. “If the demand of
the Scheduled Tribe Demand Committee of Manipur succeeds, tribal people
will become slaves in one’s
own land,” reads an ATSUM
pamphlet titled ‘Reckoning of the Other’ on the agitation soon to begin. The
pamphlet documents some
of the laws, enactments,
and policy and development measures taken by
the Manipur State Government which are leading to
the slow encroachment of
indigenous land and exerting majoritarian hegemony. The ATSUM has made
a set of seven specific demands that secure the protection of tribal rights to
land and natural resources.
The “moving forward”
of the Zomi and the tribals in Manipur, Adani concluded, will continue to be
“scuttled” should “changes
through an alternative arrangement be not secured.”
In that, the UNC and ATSUM have called for unity
and support to each other
among the indigenous
communities of the hills of
Manipur State.

portedly the victim. Pongen
and the nine defendants
were reportedly lodged in
the same cell.
Taking cognizance of
the reported incident, the
court ordered a magisterial

riot-like situation between
inmates in the Central Jail
forcing the shifting of the
nine defendants to the Subjail. They will be lodged in
the Sub-jail pending inquiry.
The incident was not
reported by the jail authorities, prompting the
prosecution counsel,
Public Prosecutor Imtiakum, to appeal the court
to initiate a suo motto
case and take appropriate steps. The victim did
not file any complaint,
nor could jail authorities be
reached for comment.
Meanwhile, the witnesses for the blasts case,
who were scheduled to be
examined today, did not
turn up at the hearing. The
court fixed November 29 as
the next date of hearing.

Allegation of sodomy overshadowed a scheduled
cross examination of witnesses in the 2004 Dimapur twin blasts hearing
on October 29. Court
trial of the case, which
started on July 17, is
in its fourth month of
hearings.
One of the nine defendants in the case,
who are already serving
prison terms at the Central Jail for crimes not related to the blasts, allegedly
sodomised a cellmate. According to the proceedings
heard today at the District
Sessions court, Rikumkaba
Pongen, facing trial in the
July 4 murder case, was re-

Magisterial
inquiry ordered
to submit a report
within 7 days
inquiry headed by the Chief
Judicial Magistrate, Dimapur. The inquiry committee was ordered to submit
a report within seven days.
The incident reportedly occurred sometime
towards the latter part of
September. It resulted in a

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Mon, october 29
(DIPr): Minister for Social Welfare, Kiyanilie
Peseyie today said the rise
of juvenile crimes all over
Nagaland is a major area
of concern and for this reason Government has set
up various Observation
Homes in various parts of
the state, and all districts
will be covered. He stated
this while officially inaugurating the Observation
Home in Mon district on
October 29, 2013.
The Minister appealed
the people of Mon district
to extend cooperation and
support the Government
to achieve the aims and objectives of the Observation
Home and Integrated Child
Protection Scheme (ICPS)
in the state.
Kiyanilie said that the
Government set up the Observation Home in Mon in
the first phase keeping in
view that the district is the
biggest with large population. Observation Home
is a short stay home and
those who require longer
attention referred by the
Juvenile Justice Board can
be sent to Pherima Special
Home for proper counseling and future guidance, he
added.
He informed that at
present, the state has seven Observation Homes,
out of which five are run
by the Government, while

Kiyanilie Peseyie, Social Welfare Minister inaugurating the Observation Home in Mon. (DIPR photo)

other two are run by an
NGO. The objective of ICPS,
the minister informed, is
to safeguard the rights of

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AR apprehends two NSCN (K) cadres
ZUnheboto, october 29 (Mexn): Troops of
21 Assam Rifles apprehended two NSCN (K) cadres
from New Colony, Zunheboto along with arms and ammunition on October 28, 2013. A press release issued
by PRO, Assam Rifles, Kohima informed that one AK56 rifle, two pistols and large quantity of ammunition
was recovered.

Keziekie Market stall owners informed

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KohIMA, october 29 (Mexn): Kohima Municipal Council (KMC) will be dismantling the stalls
at Keziekie Market for re-construction of the same. In
this connection, all occupants of Keziekie Market have
been directed to vacate the stalls on or before November 8. All concerned have been directed to comply with
the same accordingly, failing which KMC will take its
own course of action.

State govt appoints PIO and APIO

KohIMA, october 29 (DIPr): Government of
Nagaland has appointed Deputy Director, R. Kronu as
Public Information Officer (PIO); Statistical Officer,
Nyushotho Nuythe and Assistant Superintendent,
Dzuvichulie Chatsu as Assistant Public Information
Officers (APIOs) under the establishment of Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Nagaland, Kohima. This
notification was issued by the Economics & Statistics
Department, Nagaland Civil Secretariat in pursuance
to section 5 of the Right to Information Act, 2005.

Seminar for retired people
in Mission postponed

DIMAPUr, october 29 (Mexn): All the churches and individuals are informed that the time for seminar for retired people in mission to be held at Dimapur
Ao Baptist Church, Khermahal has been postponed
from 10: 00 am to 2:00 pm on November 5 due to unavoidable circumstances. A press note issued by Rev.
Vilodi Sakhrie, Chairman CFCI N stated that Loh Hoe
Peng, Asia representative for Christ For The City International will be the speaker during the seminar. All the
retired people have been requested to come and listen,
and be blessed.

YGOA general meeting

tUensAng, october 29 (Mexn): The general
meeting of Yimchunger Gazette Officers Association
(YGOA) will be held on November 16 at Bamboo Resort, 6th Mile Dimapur at 11:00 am. Therefore, all the
Yimchunger Gazette officers serving in the central and
state have been requested to attend the meeting along
with yearly membership fee of Rs 1000/- and new registration fee of Rs 1000/- without fail.

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the children in vulnerable in need of proper care and
condition and these vul- protection, and children in
nerable children fall under conflict with law.
two categories: Children
Most of the children

in conflict with law committed petty crimes in the
state, he said. Some committed more serious offenses like murder and
rape, while some were
forced into crime by adults
who used them as they
knew that children cannot
be tried as adults. Most of
the children who committed crimes have no education or have education only
up to primary level, the
minister stated.
Deputy Commissioner of Mon Angau I Thou,
IAS highlighted about the
Home and Acts provided
by the Government for
protection of Children below the age of 18 years. She
called upon the people to
give a consolidated effort
to run the home smoothly
and at the same time appealed the staff to cater to
the needs of the juvenile
with love and care, and
bring them up as decent
and responsible citizens of
the state.
President KNSK Lomei
Konyak thanked the Government for the Home and
suggested ideas for running the home smoothly.
Meanwhile, Joint Director,
Social Welfare who is also
the Director of Observation Home, Mon stressed
on the Management Information System (MIS) and
Integrated Child Protection
Scheme.

Kohima | October 29

“In our lives we need…but
you need a farmer three
times a day” quoting Brinda, Chairperson Rosalene,
Deputy Project director
ATMA started program of
the Farmers Award cum
mid intervention for FIGs
and CIGs for effective way
forward, organized by Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA)
Kohima on October 29 at DC
Conference Hall, Kohima.
Altogether ten individual farmers and eight
Farmers Interest Groups
(FIGs) were awarded. Gracing the occasion as Chief
Guest, W. C Honje Konyak,
DC, Kohima and GB, Chairman (ATMA), Kohima said,
“When we progress, it not
only has to be the application of new knowledge and
technologies but we have
to find out innovative ideas
out of practical experiences
in the local contexts.”
A keynote address was
given by Nosezole, DAO &
PD (ATMA), Kohima. Nosezole asserted that the
award was given to motivate the people which
would further encourage
them to share their experiences to others in the village. A power point presentation on a brief profile and
activities of the awardees
was presented by Mhasikhotuo, BTT Convenor (A.O)
while Dr. Amen, LTO Directorate of Agriculture gave a
speech on the mid intervention for FIG’s and CIG’s for

Tsiatsiivi, District Program Officer, DAPCU Kiphire addressing the gathering during the
VHND conducted at Moya Village.

villages.
Basic health care services and medicines were
provided to the villagers.
Patients numbering to 25
had their blood test done

on the spot after counselling. IEC materials, leaflets and posters were also
distributed. Health talks
on importance of Institutional delivery were dis-

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Health workers visit village in Kiphire

KIPhIre, october 29
(Mexn): A team comprising of IEC personnel, Block
Program Manager Pungro
Block joined with Mobile
ICTC Lab Tech and Counsellor and District Program
Officer, DAPCU under Chief
Medical Office, Kiphire and
visited Moya Village on
October 27 to conduct Village Health Nutrition Day
(VHND) and also to provide
awareness about HIV/AIDS.
During the visit, the
team monitored and evaluated the various activities
especially maintenance of
reports, the importance
of IEC materials: Citizens
Charter, Demographic profile of the respective health
units, sign boards & posters needs to be displayed in
proper location, and VHND
to be conducted compulsorily every month in all the

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cussed and villagers were
made aware to avail JSSK
services. This was stated
in a press release issued by
District Media Officer, CMO
Office, Kiphire.

effective way forward. Emphasizing on the Government’s target towards the
group approach, Dr. Amen
said, “Your potatoes alone
will not reach the market.
You need to make a federation and good linkage and
aim for the market.”
W. C Honje Konyak further focused on the need
for transparency and fac-

tual reality on the activities
of the farmers. Konyak exhorted the ATMA officials
to dig out the innovative
ideas and find the interest of the local people and
their fields of efficiency
and further encouraged
the Kohima farmers to be
an example of exemplary
achievement to other districts.

Peren villages urged
to preserve wildlife

Peren, october 29 (Mexn): Village Chairmen
Union, Peren District has appealed all the villages under
Peren district to safeguard the ecological environment and
wildlife within their respective jurisdictions. A circular appended by the Union president Namgong informed that an
awareness programme was conducted by Forest Department Jalukie with the topic “Save Amur Falcon” on October
22, 2013. There, the DFO, Jalukie as a resource person
stated that Amur Falcon is protected under Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. Trapping, killing and selling of wildlife is
criminal offence, punishable with 3 years vigorous imprisonment or with Rs. 25,000/- fine, or both under section
51 of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. According to the
release, the resource person stated that rampant burning
of jungle during dry season is another menace in the district which is totally restricted by the government. Hence,
it said, burning of jungle without any reason must be controlled and stopped in respective jurisdiction to preserve
the wildlife in the district.
Quoting the order notified by government, the Union
chairman reminded all the villages that village which destroys local environment and wildlife will be penalized
by stopping grant-in-aid allocation and this fund would
be utilized for environmental protection activities by the
government. Therefore, all the villages have been urged
not to indulge in hunting, fishing, and rampant burning of
Jungles during dry seasons.

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SBAK members visit Andhra Pradesh

DIMAPUr, october
29 (Mexn): Sumi Baptist Churches Association
(SBAK) Aizuto Mission Department organized a mission trip to SBAK-Aizuto Mission Field in Andhra Pradesh
from October 21 to 27. A
press release issued by SBAK
informed that the members
visited two churches and
three Fellowships and the
speakers were Rev. Dr. Joshua Rochill, Executive Secretary; Rev. Picuto Yeputhomi,
Mission Secretary; Khehoto
Yeputhomi Associate Pastor ZTSBC. At present, there
are five missionaries in
Andhra Pradesh and they
Dimapur Ao Youth Organization, Dimapur Ao Students Union, and Dimapur Ao Baptist Arogo
Youth Ministry conducted a sticker campaign in support of ACAUT on October 28, 2013 at City are sponsored by Zunheboto
Town Sumi Baptist Church
Tower, Dimapur. Seen here is a volunteer attaching campaign sticker on a vehicle.

SBAK members with others during the trip to SBAK-Aizuto
Mission Field in Andhra Pradesh.

(ZTSBC). The Mission Secretary has extended gratitude to all believers for their
unceasing prayer support
for the mission trip. Other

members who took the trip
included Hoshimu Awomi,
Treasurer; Hokugha Sumi,
Treasurer Mission Board
ZTSBC.

Four students win Peace Poster Contest 2013
DIMAPUr, october
29 (Mexn): Four school
students of Dimapur between the ages of 11 and 13
have been selected as winners of Peace Poster Contest
jointly organized by Lions
Club of Dimapur and Lions
Club of Dimapur Blue Vanda. Abhijit Das and Hamlong
Phom, both of Livingstone
Foundation Higher Secondary School secured first and
second prizes respectively,
Anish Shah of MGM Higher
Secondary School came
third, and Akshay Sarkar of
Delhi Public School secured
the fourth prize.
The winners were
among 64 contestants from
23 Schools of Dimapur. They
were awarded a cash prize
of Rs.2,500/-, Rs.2,000/-,

Rs.1,500/- & Rs.1000/- respectively along with winners and School Participation certificates at Deepawali
Mela held at Lions Club on
October 27.
A press release issued
by the Contest organizers
informed that the posters were judged based on
originality, artistic merit
and portrayal of the contest theme, “Our World, Our
Future” by people in Guwahati. All the four winners’
posters will advance to face
stiff competition through
district, multiple district
and international rounds of
competitions if any one of
them is to be declared the
international grand prize
winner. One grand prize
winner and 23 merit award

winners will be selected.
The grand prize includes
a cash award of US$ 5,000
plus a trip for the winner
and two family members to
the awards ceremony at Lions Day with the United Nations, the release said. The
23 merit award winners
will each receive a certificate and a cash award of US$
500. International grand
prize and merit award winners can be viewed at www.
lionsclubs.org.
All the four winners
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30 October 2013

ANSAM leaders walk the peripheries asserting rights
Imphal, OctOber
29 (NNN): All Naga Students Association, Manipur
(ANSAM) has been touring several villages in IndoMyanmar border, including
Leibi village and Tamu town
since last Friday as part of
its “Journey towards GrassRoots” under the theme,
"My Land, My Identity-walking the peripheries."
About 60 delegates of
ANSAM led by its president
Seth Satshang in 15 vehicles
met villagers in the IndoMyanmar border. At Tamu
in Myanmar, Seth Satshang
told the people “we should
continue to help each other.” He added, "Let us not
lose hope. We will definitely
have a bright future."
At Leibi, the ANSAM delegates had a worship service with the villagers on
Friday evening. "Despite our
struggle and resistance, our
symbolic relationship with

our land and forest is at stake
and has serious implication
on our future," stated the
ANSAM leaders during their
tour. The concept note of the
programme asked, "If self-determination is a pre-requisite
for the exercise of our spiritual, social, cultural, economic
and political rights, and if
land and forest are the bases
of our sovereignty, what is the
course of our future?"
ANSAM leaders dwelt
on the issues of forest and
land. "The land relations
among the indigenous peoples and other forest dwelling communities of the
mainland India and North
East region differs," ANSAM leaders asserted. According to the Naga student
leaders, in mainland India,
people have practically lost
all their rights over their
lands, forests and other natural resources. "This was
done through conquers and

melbOurNe, OctOber 29 (ptI): Scenic Sikkim has been named as the
best region to visit in 2014
by a leading global travel
guide, with Brazil emerging as the top destination
in terms of countries.
Lonely Planet's Best in
Travel 2014 has come out
with a list of top 10 destinations in different categories such as best countries
to visit, best regions to visit,
best cities to visit and many
more such guiding lists for
travel next year.
Sikkim was chosen as
the best region to go to,
with Paris the top city in a
list that also included Cape
Town, Shanghai and Chicago, while the Greek Islands
were seen as the best-value
destination. "Picking up national accolades in 2012 for
being India's cleanest state
with the most innovative
tourism project, Sikkim has
set new benchmarks for
responsible travel in the
country," the guide says.
"Checkbox sightseeing
has rapidly made way for
sustainable communitybased tourism in less developed areas, while ecofriendly policies have lent
new vigour to the virginal
Himalayan wilderness that
drapes the region's mountains," the Melbourne-based
guide book publisher says.
Praising the food in the
region, the guide notes that
organic farming is the new

mantra in Sikkim and is being promoted in a big way.
With a new airport scheduled to open near Gangtok,
the guide says in 2014 several hours of transit time
will be cut and one could
fly in directly from major
Indian metros.
The Kimberly region
in Australia came in second after Sikkim in the
list of best destinations
to visit in 2014 in terms
of regions. The list included other regions of
great natural beauty and
splendour such as Yorksire in the UK, Hokuriku
in Japan, Texas in the US,
Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe and Zambia, Mallorca in Spain, West Coast
in New Zealand, Hunan
in China and Ha'apai in
Tonga. In terms of countries, Brazil topped the
list of best destinations
to visit in 2014. Antarctica and Scotland were also
named in the top three.
Other countries to make
it to the top ten were Sweden, Malawi, Mexico, Seychelles, Belgium, Macedonia and Malaysia.
Published this week,
Lonely Planet's ninth annual roundup of best destinations around the world
for the upcoming year was
based on "scores for topicality, excitement and that
special x-factor," as determined by their inhouse experts and outside writers.

conquests by empires and
kingdoms, and through the
colonisation of their lands
and territories by colonial
powers, especially the British.” It further stated, “The

legacy was inherited by the
Independent India through
the continuation of the forest laws and were created
by their colonial master
primarily for the extraction

of natural resources." The
Naga student leaders cited
numerous related Acts of
India during their tour.
The ANSAM leaders
also pointed out that envi-

ronmental politics in India
today represents a new
era in Indian democracy.
According to them, the Supreme Court is subverting
all laws that are made by the

State and the latter is being
“pretentiously submissive”
to the former. "The recent
trends in the Northeast as
well as in other parts of India are indicative of this.”
ANSAM president further said that the Naga students' body was compelled
to take up the “journey” as
there have been constant
threats to "our lands and our
natural resources both from
state and non-state agencies”
through “various backdoor
methods”. According to the
ANSAM leader, the student
body is working hard meeting people in this regard.
"Today, our rights, our
lands and our resources exist due to the fierce struggle
we have collectively put forward," said Seth Satshang.
"Since its inception, ANSAM
has been relentlessly and
consistently working towards its objective alongside
with other organisations."

Tribunal on Tuesday asked
the Assam government to
put barriers, speed cameras
and challan rash vehicles to
regulate traffic on a stretch of
National Highway 37 passing
through the famed Kaziranga
National Park to prevent killing of wild animals. A bench
headed by NGT chairperson
Swatanter Kumar said, “We
are sure nothing has been
done. There is no regulatory
mechanism.
“We want barriers points
to be fixed, speed cameras
to be installed by next date
of hearing and challans (of
vehicles) be done and show

entering the most vulnerable area of the 20.5 km road
passing through the national
park.” The bench passed the
order after the state government placed before it a proposal to regulate traffic on the
stretch while also contending
that “The State government is
completely insignificant. The
Ministry of Environment and
Forests can take charge of the
issue and consult the Wildlife Board.” “Fixing barriers,
cameras and challaning vehicles doesn’t need a 30-page
report,” the bench remarked.
It also said “the suggestions
made (by the state) can

necessary party.”
The bench warned the
MoEF of adverse orders in
case of further non-appearance leading to adjournment
of cases. The tribunal was
hearing a plea filed by RTI
activist Rohit Choudhury opposing expansion of the NH
37 stretch running through
the national park. During the
hearing, the bench asked the
state government to show
what steps has it taken to
address the issue. When the
state said it has put signages
on the stretch, the bench remarked, “You want animals
to read signages.” “Show us

hicle. We know roads can’t be
shut but we don’t have right
to kill animals. From photographs before us, it is obvious
that vehicles are moving at a
very high speed. It is a very
valuable wildlife. Why should
we shut our eyes to it?” “We
find that there is no regulatory mechanism. First of all
this road should not have
been there. It was the duty
of the state to build a road
which does not touch the
ground. You could have made
a flyover,” Justice Kumar said.
“Why don’t you fix barriers
at least? Why don’t you regulate traffic. Why can’t there be

animals,” he said.
On Assam government’s
contention that NGT does not
have the jurisdiction to hear
the matter as the same comes
under the Wildlife Protection
Act, the bench said it will consider the aspect. It, however,
added that NH-37 passing
through Jakhalabandha to
Bokakhat going through Kaziranga National Park is not
only violation of Wildlife Act
but also of the conditions
imposed by Ministry of Environment and Forests while
granting permission for this
Project and the Environment
Protection Act.

ItaNaGar, OctOber
29 (ptI): The Arunachal
Pradesh government has decided to set up two new model colleges at Tirap and Longding districts to improve the
education scenario.
State education minister
Bosiram Siram said, "The
state government is putting
more emphasis on education,
particularly in the higher education sector," while inaugurating the 18th college week
of Rang-Frah Government
College (RFGC) at Changlang
district on October 29, official
sources said. He assured that
the present shortage of faculty members at RFGC and
other government colleges
of the state would end with
the appointment of 94 newly

selected assistant professors.
The minister also said
that recruitment of school
teachers would be conducted by the Arunachal Pradesh
Public Service Commission
(APPSC) in order to improve
the standard of education.
Siram said the stipend for

the students had been increased substantially.
Earlier, Siram visited the
upcoming new campus site
of the college and asked the
principal and the executing
agency to complete the project as per the requirement of
the college, the sources said.

ANSAM leaders pose for a photograph at the Indo-Myanmar border during their tour.

Lonely Planet name Sikkim NGT urges Assam to regulate traffic to save wildlife
as top region to visit in 2014 New
DelhI, OctOber how are you (Assam) try- hardly be considered in the a single document that you speed barriers? You see, you
29 (ptI): The National Green ing to protect animals from absence of MoEF which is a have challaned even one ve- are doing nothing but killing

An injured man is taken in a stretcher for treatment at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, or RIMS hospital after a crude bomb exploded near a market in Imphal,
Manipur on Tuesday, October 29. (AP Photo/ Bullu Raj)

Imphal, OctOber 29
(NNN): At least five people, including two school
students were wounded
when powerful IED exploded at the busy Thangal bazaar, in the heart of Imphal
city Tuesday morning.
The blast occurred at
non-locals majority Marwari Dharamsala around
6 am, police said, adding
the Improvised Explosive
Device (IED) was placed
under a stationary cart.
Bhairodan Maxwell Hindi
Primary and High School
located close to the site was
also damaged in the blast.
Doors, windows, ceiling
and roof of class VI room
of the school were blown
apart in the explosion.
The wounded were
identified as Abhujam
Arun, 21, a Magic van driv-

er from Thoubal district,
Shambu Shah, 40, a cart
puller from Bihar, presently staying at Khoyathang
in Imphal West district,
Raghunath Mandop, 35,
who owns a mobile-teastall here, also a native of
Bihar, while the two students were identified as
Rajdeep Sharma, 17, and
Kishan Chakrabarti, 18,
both from Serou in Thoubal district. The condition
of Kishan, now receiving
treatment at Raj Polyclinic here, was reported to
be critical. The other four
were taken to Regional Institute of Medical Sciences
(RIMS), Imphal.
Police reports said a 4
ft diametre crater was created in the explosion. According to the Police, the
explosive is believed to be

a remote controlled bomb.
A team of police from
Imphal West district led by
its Superintendent of Police K Jayenta, Deputy Superintendent (Operation)
S Ibomcha and another
team of CRPF rushed to the
site and conducted cordon
and search operation in the
area. However, the security
forces could not make any
arrest in connection with
the incident.
Suspected militants
had triggered an IED at Major Khul in Thangal bazaar
on October 19 last. None
was injured in the blast.
Again on October 26, the
proscribed United National Liberation Front (UNLF)
attacked an Assam Rifles
patrol party by detonating
an IED at North AOC here,
injuring one personnel.

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teaching positions:
1. Economics (one)
2. Sociology (one)
3. History (one)
Qualifications: Minimum M.A. Preference
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Chief Minister of Manipur, O. Ibobi Singh, has
said that historically Manipur has been a place
of rich cultural heritage,
and geographically it can
be the “centre of international trade,” India’s
gateway to South East
Asia. He was speaking as
chief guest at the closing
program of the 3rd World
Zomi Convention held
here from October 25-27.
“Moreh has been identified by the Government
of India for an Integrated
Check Post and other facilities to promote international trade,” the Chief
Minister informed. The
ICP at Moreh will be one
of the 13 ICPs being developed by the Central Government along India’s international borders. Ibobi
Singh also said that international flights to Manipur will be started soon,
and that the State has rich
flora and fauna, making it
one with good potential
for tourism.
In sync, he called for
inclusive growth and
sustainable development in the hills and the
valley of Manipur. “We
have progressed much
but there are many more
opportunities available.
We should work together
to promote Manipur in
international sports, the
arts, culture etc.”

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Applications are invited from eligible candidates for the following Teaching
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No of vacancies Qualifications
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2
M. Sc, B. Ed
2. PGT (Physics)
1
M. Sc, B. Ed
3. PGT (Economics with PGDCA)
1
M. A. B. Ed
4. Graduate Teacher (Mathematics)
2
B. Sc /M. Sc
5. Graduate Teacher (Science)
2
B. Sc
6. Graduate Teacher (English)
1
B. A
7. Computer Science
1
B. A, PGDCAIT
8. Pre - Primary Teacher
1
B. A / PSTE /
Montessori Trained
9. Attendant
1
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for a duration of 10-15 minutes which will be followed by a Personal Interview on
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public discoursE
Recognition of immigrants should
be done basing on truth and justice

T

he people irrespective
of clans, tribes and races
living together within a
boundary as permanent settlers are to be treated as equal
citizens. In the village the population consists of descendants
of various clans or tribes or
races living together for many
years forget about who belongs
to what and there is no sense of
discrimination among the village community.
Whether in a village or tribe
or State or country, all of the people who are permanent settlers
are to be recognized as bonafide
citizens basing on fulfillment of
rules and conditions of citizenship and not basing on tribalism or racism. There are some
Nagas living in Assam, Manipur,
Meghalaya and U.S.A. as domiciled citizens and there are

ognised as equal citizens and
should not continue to be treated as temporary so- jouners. It
is individual matter and to be
dealt with individually. Whether a community has set up a village or not is not the question.
Formation of NTC is both
antagonistic and laudatory
going on side by side but it is
already in existence and it is
no harm unlike an armed faction because any organization
whatsoever is subject to the
general public and any organisation has to do anything according to universal human
right and truth and justice before God. In anything we have to
stand for the truth and justice
because we all are stewards
only in the world.

many people from other tribes
and races living together with
the Nagas for many years who
may deserve acquiring citizenship to live as bonafide citizens.
Recognition of citizenship is not
to be in term of tribe or race but
to be in term of whether the candidate is qualified or not per the
existing rules and conditions.
Some persons belonging
to Rongmai tribe lived at Kohima since British time and if
such particular persons are
recognized as bonafide citizens, it deos not mean that
Rongmai tribe is recognized.
In like manner, whether Maos,
Kukis, Kacharis, Nepalese,
Punjabis,Bengalese, Assamese,
Manipuris, Khsis and so on who
have been residing in Nagaland
many years having their permanent homes should be roc-

Rev. L. Suohie Mhasi

The Faults Of An Ignorant Youth

A

keep of roads. The truth is I don’t deserve any
road other than the one I was travelling on. Only
a morally sound person would beat the temptation to misuse power and money when it is so
readily handed to him without the risk of any
accountability. I would be naive to expect every
government servant to be such a person.
Maybe, if I fail in my duty as a citizen by
keeping my government accountable, then it’s
true I don’t even deserve a road. Instead of asking questions, I happily defend myself from my
own arguments because that will help keep me
blinded from my own failures/misdeeds. Why
are the power failures more severe these days?
Because we have more consumers and more
electrical gadgets to feed. Surely, that’s undeniable, right? My logic says a larger consumer base
would mean more revenues. More revenues
mean greater ability to purchase power. Still, I
must not bother about that, as long as I look cool
and do not miss my daily meal.
The dreaded winter months are coming. It
is a suffocating feeling to think about the long
dark hours we are going to spend together, a
time when we cannot even finish one half hour
T.V. show without power interruptions. But, I grit
my teeth, stifling the anger I feel and brace myself to suffer the rewards of my selfishness. Deep
in my heart, be it summer, monsoon or winter,
I know it is me who had validated the silly alibi
provided by the concerned department in the
first place. I may have an academic degree or so,
but no one can claim one is truly educated if he
cannot even make sure his basic amenities of a
simple modern life - a good road and a decent
supply of electric power, are not tampered with.
I hope none of the educated readers is ignorant
like me. Or are you..?

t certain periods of a man’s life, he is presented with opportunities to decide his
fate. If he is oppressed and subjected to
humility, then he brought it upon himself.”
There’s some truth in it, if not in its totality.
I’m a person who is considered educated. But,
I’m living a blind life. I do not have much opinions
about anything and the few I have, I fail to support its logic with much tangible arguments because of lack of thinking. Why, I even sold my vote
to the highest bidder, and most probably would
do so again. I live my life more or less like a pig: no
worries for tomorrow, if I get enough for today.
Education is supposed to make me think critically, appreciate the merits and demerits of anything and act wisely. Maybe the whole point of
going for years to college eludes me. And I think
reading the newspapers ends with the front
page! I can’t be more ignorant than that, can I?
I’m ignorant because I have a very myopic vision of who I am, what my society is and what
my position in it is. Conformity is innate in me.
I cannot think critically because I care too much
for myself. I must not be seen making a mistake
or acting stupid because I’m at the centre of the
universe and everyone on earth will see it! I dig
respect and praise more than I deserve. The only
guiding principle in my life is: Never be odd.
In adjusting to that principle, nothing matters. I’ll compromise my quality of life for a decent cloth or saving my family from starving.
How I get the money doesn’t matter, because
even if I feel guilty, I take solace in the fact that
everyone around does it. The most important
thing is to go along with the flow. Being educated, I don’t want people finding fault with me. Still
I’m pretty good with pointing out other people’s.
The last time I was on the road, I cursed the public transport agencies every time there was a
bump. Never did I think I’m also to be blamed.
My excuse was I have nothing to do with the up-

The Morung Express
businEss
SP Traffic regulation for October 31
In view of the “Public Awareness Rally” called by the Action
Committee Against Unabated
Taxation (ACAUT) on 31st October 2013 at Clock Tower from
09:30 A.M onwards, the following traffic regulation shall be enforced on the day of the rally effective from 06:00 A.M onwards
till the ends of the rally.
1. No vehicle shall be allowed
to proceed beyond Plaza
Point, Khermahal Junction
and Metro Hospital towards
Clock Tower.
2. All vehicles coming from
Tragopan junction and proceeding towards Notun Basti/Duncan Basti area shall
be diverted from Khermahal
Junction towards Oasis and
exit from Notun Basti junction.
3. All vehicles coming from
Tragopan junction and proceeding towards Church
Road/Dhobinala shall be diverted from Khermahal junction towards Deluxe Point.
4. All vehicles coming from

MUMBAI, OCTOBER 29 (PTI): Computer maker Hewlett-Packard (HP) today
unveiled its first mobile Workstation Ultrabook in India, sensing demand for such
devices among professionals in engineering, architecture, design, animation and
film sectors.
The US-based firm also announced the
expansion of its Z portfolio of professional
workstation and display products.
HP ZBook 14, which the firm claims is
the world’s first workstation ultrabook,
sports Intel’s Thunderbolt technology for
high-speed data transfer, HP India said in
a release.
The portfolio also includes three new
HP ZBook Mobile Workstations, processor and graphics enhancements to the HP
Z Desktop Workstations and two new HP
Z Displays, it added.
The HP ZBook 14, which is priced at Rs
1.50 lakh, also comes with the option for a
touch-enabled panel.
The company is focusing on professionals in engineering, CAD, architecture,

Loving Mum,
How much we are grateful to you, As you celebrate your Birthday Celebration on this very Day.
May we wish you a bright future and a happy long
life.
Potsow khie Otsuk oso mmhon ni pia e- zechana
ni vantokvuka Ayio.
From, Mha /Eni /Cheni /Adon /
Mhalo & Yean Ngully.

_

SUDOKU
Game Number # 2691

design, animation, film, education, government and healthcare with its latest
range of products.
Designed for workstation-class professionals that demand mobility, HP’s
ZBook mobile Workstations feature the
4th Generation Intel Haswell dual and
quad core processors and graphics technologies from NVIDIA and AMD.
They also include Keplar-based professional graphics from NVIDIA. The HP
ZBook Mobile Workstations feature innovative tool-free chassis for easy upgrades
and serviceability. Built with IPS Gen 2
panels, HP Z displays deliver power savings of up to 37 per cent compared to HP’s
first-generation IPS technology products.
To free up valuable desk space, an HP
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HP Z27i and Z30i, allowing users to securely mount an HP Thin Client or Ultra
Slim desktop to the back of the display. HP
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Z620, Z820, Z Book 15 and Z Book 17 – in
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birthday GreetinG

A. Kichu,
Kohima.

Simple Rules - There is just one simple rule: “Fill
in the grid so that every row, every column, and
every 3x3 box co ntains the digits 1 through 9.”

Duncan Basti area and protion.
Clock Tower.
ceeding towards Tragopan 5. No vehicles coming from 6. All concerned citizens of Dijunction shall be diverted
Dhobinalla and Deluxe Point
mapur are requested to coSKETCH MAP OF TRAFFIC REGULATION ON 31ST OCT’2013
from Notun BAsti junction
to Plaza Point shall be aloperate and abide with the
and exit at Khermahal junclowed to proceed towards
above traffic regulation

HP unveils its first Workstation Reliance topples ONGC
Ultrabook for Indian market to become top-ranked

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published do not reflect the outlook of this paper nor of the Editor in any form.

LEISURE

SKETCH MAP OF TRAFFIC REGULATION ON 31ST OCT’2013

DAILY CROSS WORD

CROSSWORD # 2703

Answer Number # 2690

Indian energy firm

SIngAPORE, OCTOBER 29 (PTI): Reliance Industries has toppled state-owned Oil
and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) to become the
top Indian firm in a global ranking of energy
companies. Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led
RIL improved eight positions to grab the 19th
position on the Platts Top 250 Global Energy
Company Rankings for 2013.
ONGC held on its 22nd ranking, the position it had in 2012, while RIL improved from
last time’s 27th rank. This year’s list is topped by
Exxon Mobil Corp, with Chevron Corp in second
place.The US giants are followed by Royal Dutch
Shell and Russia’s Gazprom, Statoil of Norway,
Total of France andLukoil of Russia. Chinese firm
PetroChina makes an entry at number 8, while
UK’s BP Plc is ranked number 11.
The Platts Top 250 Global Energy Company Rankings, now in its 12th year, is based on
data compiled and maintained by S&P Capital
IQ, which, like Platts, is a part of The McGrawHill Companies. The 2013 rankings reflect fiscal 2012 financial performance in four key areas: asset value, revenue, profit and return on
invested capital (ROIC). Coal India improved
its ranking from 48 to 43 while power utility
NTPC went to 49th rank from 62 in 2012.
Oil refining and marketing company Indian
Oil Corp improved two positions to rank at number 80 while gas utility GAIL India moved up
four notches to 105. Cairn India, which held the
121st position, movedup to 109this year. Bharat
Petroleum Corp leaped to 119th position from
178 in the 2012 listing. Other Indian firms featuring in the 250 listing include Power Grid Corp
(ranked 139), Reliance Infrastructure (163),
Hindustan Petroleum Corp (177), NHPC (197)
and Essar Energy (229th position).

the State.
The Health Minister
also stressed on the need
of a “green environment
for a sustainable future,”
pointing out the need of the
student community to preserve the ecosystem while
keeping a tab on ecological
balance. For this, Imkong
advised the NSF to create a
Greener Environment logo

and organize programs
to create awareness in
schools and colleges.
Reminiscing his times
as a student leader in the
1980s, Imkong spoke of
how things were harsher for
the early leaders and how
the NSF, as one of the earliest social bodies, strived to
represent the sentiments of
the people since its incep-

tion. In that, he called upon
the present and future crop
of leaders to strive to give
their best for the welfare of
students and the younger
generation.
Former NSF President
and current Parliamentary Secretary, Horticulture,
Neiba Kronu, speaking
on the occasion, brought
forth the need for the NSF

as the apex students’ body
to focus on fostering peace
and unity in the State while
sticking to the foundations
and principles of what NSF
stood for.
In the keynote address,
NSF President, Tongpang
Ozukum, while appreciating
the sacrifices and contributions of former leaders, paid
tribute to departed leaders
who were instrumental in
keeping the NSF as the apex
students’ body of Naga students both within and outside the State for the past 66
years.
Zaku Tsükrü, former
president (1973-74), gave
a brief history of the NSF.
Rev. Yapang, Pastor Ao Baptist Church, invoked God’s
blessings while Shenieta
Curhah and Jonathan L
N Mawai gave messages
through their songs. Esther
Rhakho, General Secretary
NSF, proposed the vote of
thanks. The programme
was chaired by Kelhouneizo Yhome, NSF Tribunal
General.

Our Correspondent

Minister for Roads & Bridges Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu
today stressed on the need
to produce more IAS, IPS,
IFS within the state. He said
the state is facing shortage of
IAS, IPS, IFS at present.
Addressing the 22nd annual freshers meet 2013 of
the Post Graduate Students’
Union (PGSU), Kohima Campus, Meriema at the State
Academy Hall, Kohima, he
maintained that the state will

“land in danger” if shortage of
IAS, IPS, IFS hits the state.
Stating that a Post Graduate course is only for duration of two years, the minister
told the students to choose
whether they would spend
two years in leisure time and
suffer for the rest of their life
or suffer two years in their
academic pursuit and enjoy
for the rest of their life. If you
want to shine in life, you have
to be more punctual, committed, dedicated in whatever
you do, he said.
He reminded the stu-

dents that their duty is to
study, and asked them to
concentrate on the same,
assuring that they can
achieve something and
make the Nagas proud. The
minister said, in this competitive world, one cannot
survive without education.
“Survival is education and
education is survival,” he
said adding that if one has
to shine one has to be educated. He also said the basic
foundation of a vibrant socio- economic principle lies
with the human resource

development.
The minister said the future will be in pathetic condition if human resource is not
in order.
Appreciating that the
state’s literacy rate, he
stressed on the need to increase the amount of quality
education in the state.
Later, T.L. Merry, vice president NPF (Central) and chairman Lotha Hoho Dimapur
also graced the function as the
guest of honour while union
president Selezo Tsukru delivered presidential address.

A press release informed
that Lipok Pongen and Pihoto Awomi, former DMC
Member and public leader
of Dimapur respectively attended the programme as
guests of honour with other
community leaders. Swami, the note said, lauded
the hospitality of Dimapur
people towards all community irrespective of caste and

creed. Lipok appreciated the
approach of oneness of Bengali community. Meanwhile,
Pihoto Awomi stressed on
the need to develop understanding among each other
to beautify Dimapur.
Bishnu Bhattacharjee,
working president of the
Community in his welcome
address invited all youths
to join hands to preserve

The 66th Foundation Day
of the Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) was commemorated here today at
Hotel Vivor with Imkong L.
Imchen, Nagaland Minister
for Health & Family Welfare
and former general secretary of NSF (1983-85), as
the Chief Guest.
The Minister greeted all
Naga students from federating units of the NSF and
paid homage to contributions of former NSF leaders
in taking the NSF to great
heights. He stressed on the
role of the youth through
“energy, inventiveness,
character and orientation”
in building up society while
defining the pace of development and security of a
nation.
Highlighting the importance of the dignity
of labour, Imchen called
upon the youth to “toil and
sweat” to succeed in life.
Citing the present genera-

Current and former leaders of the NSF are seen here with Nagaland minister Imkong L. Imchen at the NSF’s 66th Foundation Day, commemorated in Kohima on October 29.

tion’s misconception of
manual labor as the means
of a poor man’s livelihood,
Imkong urged the younger generation to take cues
from developed countries
in addressing and creating awareness about the
importance of labour in
social institutions, while
commenting on the need
for local skilled workers in

Dimapur

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MEx FILE
Neiphiu Rio greets
Liangmai community
Dimapur, october 29 (mexN): The Chief Minister
of Nagaland, Neiphiu Rio, has extended greetings on the
occasion of Chaga Gadi festival which is celebrated by the
Liangmai community. A press note issued by Abu Metha,
Chief Minister's Office, Nagaland stated, “He wishes that the
festival be commemorated in a successful and peaceful manner everywhere and that the celebrations may contribute
towards unity, understanding and oneness of Naga society”.

Capacity development
prog begins at Mokokchung

moKoKchuNg, october 29 (Dipr): Capacity Development Programme at Mokokchung from October 29,
2013 which is being organized by Nagaland State Disaster
Management Authority (NSDMA) (Home Department) in
collaboration with National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) GOI, started today at Mayangnokcha Government Higher Secondary School (MGHSS) Auditorium. Special Secretary (Home) Nagaland, Singsit in his inaugural
speech said that disaster strike without warning, therefore
every individual must be prepared by having the knowledge at incident response system so that one could tackle
and respond more easily when disaster strike. Brig. (Dr.) B.
K. Khana as specialist from NDMA in his short speech mentioned that community is the first respondent during disaster. He said that the important thing is to protect oneself in
time of disaster such as earthquake saying that by protecting ourselves we can help others. Other special guest in the
programme includes Ghatnayak, IRS Specialist from NDMA
and Manohar, Deputy Commandant from NDRF. Administrative officers, police, officers from different department
representing Mon, Longleng, Tuensang, Zunheboto and Mokokchung district, leaders from NGO’s and students from
different schools attended the first day of the Capacity Development Programme.

ANIDFSAJF to agitate in Azo underscores need for more IAS, IPS, IFS
Extortionist nabbed
support of W/C employees

Dimapur, october
29 (mexN): All Nagaland
Inter-Departmental Field
Staff Association Joint
Forum (ANIDFSAJF) has
highlighted that the Cabinet Sub- Committee (CSC)
was constituted by the
State Government to examine the report and recommend suitable course
of action of the workcharged & causal employees to the cabinet within
two months period.
A press note issued by
N. Zhekugha Assumi, Sessional Chairman ANIDFSAJF, and K. Atovi Awomi,
Sessional Secretary ANIDFSAJF, has stated that
even after completion of
four months, no positive
response has arrived as a
proposed meeting which
was convened on August
20, 2013 was postponed to
October 18, 2013, but the
proposed meeting failed to
hold because of "some Cab-

inet Sub-Committee Members were absent".
Similarly, the said meeting was again postponed
in the first week of November 2013. ANIDFSAJF,
has therefore appealed
that the proposed meeting must be hold without
further postponed and
the decision may kindly be
made as early as possible
as because the demands of
the W/C employees are becoming beyond the control
of the Association.
ANIDFSAJF
also
warned that it will be liable
to support the demands
of the W/C employees to
hold its proposed agitation
in case of failure to hold
meeting within first week
of November 2013. ANIDFSAJF, further appealed all
the WIC employees of every - department/Division
to get ready for proposed
agitation after first week of
November 2013.

Kohima | October 29

Bijaya Sammellan celebrated in Dimapur

WACBCC Children Ministry conducts ‘Teen’s Retreat’

Participants at the one day Teens’ Retreat organized by WACBCC Children Ministry on October 26, 2013, at Chakhesang Baptist Church, Dimapur.

Dimapur, october
29 (mexN): Envisioning a
world where children are
able to make right choice in
life, the WACBCC Children

Ministry, considering the
Sunday School as the “Gold
mine of the Church”, organized a one day Teens’ Retreat on October 26, 2013,

at Chakhesang Baptist
Church, Dimapur, under
the theme “In His grip”.
A press note received
here stated that 205 girls, 178

Kohima, october
29 (mexN): The inaugural programme of DMLT
Course was held at the
Conference Hall of PMTI
Kohima on October 29
with Sentiyanger Imchen (IAS) Commissioner & Secretary H&FW
as the chief guest. Dr.
Neiphi Kire, Principal
Director H&FW Nagaland, chaired the function and welcomed all
the congregations and
said that, the day is a
memorable milestone
in the history of H&FW
Department for starting
DMLT Course the first
of its kind in the state
after a gap of about 20
years. The programme
started with an invocation prayer by Bendangtemsu Chaplin NHAK.
The chief guest congratulated the department
for the achievement and

stressed that more such
Diploma Courses should
be initiated at the institute in near future as the
institute has good infrastructure as well as qualified faculty.
He also emphasized that the department should let the
PMTI continue to conduct more refresher/
re-orientation trainings
of Multi Purpose Workers/Health Workers etc
in order to generate resources to sustain the
institute without depending always on the
Government. The students of DMLT Course
presented some special
number and one of them
shared his experience
and expectations. The
programme concluded
with vote of thanks by
Dr. I. Talitemsula Jamir
Principal PMTI Kohima.

Kohima, october 29
(mexN): Sixteen selected
contestants from the previous ‘Cooking Skills round’
of the Naga Chef Season 1
faced the Innovation round
today. Naga Chef Season 1
which is being organised by
the team at Synergy Group
Enterprise was held at The
Heritage, Kohima here today.
A first of its kind in Nagaland, the cooking competition is also supported by
the Government of Nagaland along with the event
partners namely, Organic
Nagaland who are managing the Naga Chef Pantry,
Salon Blue for make-up
and hairstyling, Precious
Me Love (PML) for wardrobe styling and Eastern
Gas who are supplying
the commercial gas cylinders being used during the
show. A press note issued
by The Naga Chef team
stated that the contestants

DMLT Course inaugurated

boys and 62 teachers participated in the program. The Resource persons - Dr. Cho and
Vemuriyi Vadeo, spoke on
knowing the Master who cre-

ated us- Jesus, by encountering Him and following Him as
well. They also emphasized
on identity crisis which is one
of the major issues of Teens.

The Teens were encouraged
to stay connected in Him and
that we all live a life with Jesus who ensures a meaningful living.

by Mokokchung Police
moKoKchuNg, october 29 (mexN): The
Superintendent of Police,
Mokokchung has stated
that one person namely,
Moameren Imchen, s/o
Late Mapu of Longkhum
village and presently residing at Aongza Ward,
Mokokchung town was
arrested by personnel of
Mokokchung Police Station II on October 21, 2013
for threatening the family
members of a ‘VVIP’ in order to commit extortion.
The note stated that a
written FIR was received
from the complainant on
October 15th that an SMS
was sent to her from an
unknown miscreant who
was demanding Rs.2 lakhs
from her or else she would
be shot death. The police
immediately requisitioned
the CDR (Call Detail Records) and SDR (Subscribers Detail Records) of the
unknown numbers from
the concerned service providers. At the same time,
a plan was laid out to capture the miscreant. The
complainant on the advice
of the police, agreed to pay
the demanded money to
the unknown person. On
the morning of October 17,
the extortionist gave a time
and place for the money
to be dropped off. Plain
clothes police and special
teams were deployed in
and around that location.
However, the person failed
to show up that day.
The note also mentioned that since the extortionist had stopped using
the mobile phone numbers
which were used to send
SMSs and the SDR of those
numbers were also not accurate, requisitions were
made to all mobile phone

operators to provide details of the IMEI Number
of the mobile phone used
by the unknown person. A
mobile number was identified which had used and
was still using the mobile
phone with the same IMEI
number as that of the mobile used by the extortionist. So, accordingly, the
CAF (Customer Application Form) of the identified number was obtained
through which the identity
and address of the extortionist was obtained. After
his arrest and thorough interrogation, Moameren admitted that he had sent the
extortion SMSs.
Accordingly, a case was
registered vide Mkg.PS-II
case no. 0039/2013U /387
/506/ 507 IPC R/W66 (A)
IT Act 2008 and the accused has now been forwarded to judicial custody.
In this case connection,
SP Mokokchung Vikram
Khalate IPS taking serious
note mobile SIM cards being sold without proper
verification of documents,
cautions all mobile service
providers and distributors
to take necessary actions
on their part or else defaulters will be strictly penalized to the fullest extent
of the law.
In another case connection on October 22, 2013,
Special Operation Team
(SOT) of DEF Mokokchung
apprehended one person
namely, Imtinungsang (40
years) s/o P.Sutsung Village
from Sungkomen Ward Mokokchung for illegal possession of 700 (seven hundred) capsules of banned
Spasmoproxyvon. A case
has been registered at Mokokchung Police Station I
for further investigation.

Naga Chef contestants face Innovation Round, 12 selected

The selected 12 contestants of Naga Chef Season 1, who faced 'Innovation Round' at The Heritage, Kohima.

were given a fixed token
amount with which to procure their own indigenous
Naga ingredients and come
up with an innovative dish
that could be both appealing and palatable to international standards. The
cooking time given was
sixty minutes, within which
the contestants had to pres-

ent a non vegetarian dish
strictly using only Naga ingredients.
The first batch of eight
contestants did not leave
the panel of judges very
impressed however, some
from the second batch
delivered beautiful presentations. Among the interesting and innovative

creations, the ones that
stood out were hornet
stuffed in tomatoes, seafood platter Naga style, red
minced pork with salad and
another dish aptly named
‘Vuophehie’ which is Angami for Pork belly cups.
Out of the sixteen contestants, twelve made the cut
and will be facing the next

round which is a non elimination group round.
The note also mentioned that the panel of
judges included Rovi
Chasie, Chef Joel Basumatari, Himato Zhimomi and
a guest judge Chenti Phom,
executive chef, Niathu Resort. According to the feedback given by the judges,

the contestants need to
keep in mind that in promoting Naga food, contestants need to be very careful about both the taste and
the presentation. The contestants were also advised
to explore presentations
of cuisines from other cultures in order to get better ideas to increase their
chances of winning the
competition.
The twelve selected
contestants will be divided
into groups and will cook
for a large number of patrons who will be gracing
the occasion on November
2, at Hotel Vivor. The List
of twelve selected contestants: Aketoli Zhimomi,
James Chemben Ngullie,
Hahao Chongloi, Gilbert
Humtsoe, Asi Kera, Limala
Sangtam, Viholi Sema, Imnanunsang Longkumer,
Asano Angami, Supongla
Lemtur, Nzano Tungoe,
Jenny Kath Thong.

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IN-FOCUS

The Power of Truth

The Morung Express
WEDnEsDAy 30 OcTObEr 2013 vOl. vIII IssuE 296

A Common
Perception

C

onflicts are natural and occur at all levels of human
interaction within and between individuals, communities, cultures and countries. The general perception
that conflict is negative emerges from the assumption
that conflicts are inherently associated with violence, and the
absence of any violence implies there must be no conflict. In
actuality, whenever harmony is interrupted or broken conflict
exists. Unfortunately, perceptions of war and peace only reaffirm the status quo of “negative peace” – a peace that focuses
on ending violence without justice. This “negative peace” perpetuates the conflict and does not allow for harmonious relations to be established because of its suppressive nature.
Kai Frithjof Brand-Jacobsen shares the view that, “what is
important, is not whether conflicts themselves are good or bad,
but how we deal with them.” Current approaches dealing with
conflicts reveal that there is a tendency to focus too much on
ending the violence by presenting selective short-term options
without addressing the peoples’ aspirations and needs. Such
approaches do not empower peace interventions for exploring
settlements that are consistent with justice. The thinking, language and actions that contribute to long lasting change using
nonviolent means have not replaced deep-rooted causes of the
conflict. This effectively denies the spectrum of rights that is
necessary for unrepresented peoples to experience rehumanization and dignity. Invariably, this prevents the self from determining its own destiny, and perhaps this is one of the reasons
why self-determination conflicts have either spanned over an
extended period of time or have reoccurred.
In protracted conflicts, Frederic S. Pearson says “attitudes
seem particularly resistant where the conflict has witnessed a
long history of mutual attack and atrocity.” He points out that
the process of transforming conflicts needs to create a “perception of common concern” so that trust-building can begin to take
place helping attitudes to shift. Initiatives to mobilize and involve people need to be an ongoing effort throughout the course
of the peace process in various peacebuilding activities such as,
trust-building, peoples-to-peoples dialogue, trauma healing,
reconciliation, to rehumanize the image of the ‘cultural other,’
to encourage and support leaders in making conciliatory steps,
truth-telling and envisioning a shared future. John Paul Lederach
calls for “cultivating an infrastructure for peacebuilding” which
is not merely interested in ending something that is undesirable,
but “oriented toward the building of relationships that in their
totality form new patterns, processes, and structures.”
Clearly, top-down approaches to peace-building, “peace
imposed from above or from abroad,” and “resolutions by force
or the threat of force”, will not lead to peace, rather they may
provoke the conflict causing further escalation. Any sustainable
solution to peacefully transforming a conflict involves the peoples’ active participation at all levels of society, and a peoples’
values, needs and interests need to be integral in a peace process and upheld in a settlement. Attaining levels of transcendence requires empathy, creativity, sincerity based on nonviolence. There is no ready-made, one-size-fits-all blueprint for
addressing self-determination conflicts. In each case, the parties involved must consider their distinctive context of “historical and political circumstances” and find a balance among various interests and values to make transformation possible.

lEfT wiNg |

Duane Shank
Source: Sojourners

A Revolution of
Rising Expectations

T

HE PHRASE “a revolution of rising expectations” is now
part of the social science literature. When people who
are not oppressed have a belief that life is getting better
as economies improve, their expectations often outstrip the
pace of actual change. Those rising expectations lead to unrest
as demands for improvement continue to grow.
This summer we have seen that play out in several countries. As living standards increase, people are less likely to
tolerate corrupt and inefficient governments. Washington
Post reporters Anthony Faiola and Paula Moura recently
wrote, “One small incident has ignited the fuse in societies
that, linked by social media and years of improved living
standards across the developing world, are now demanding
more from their democracies and governments.”
In Turkey, it was the government’s plans to destroy the
only public green space in the heart of Istanbul, a park that
was to be replaced with a shopping mall. Protests against the
plan soon grew into broader concerns about what is seen as
increasingly authoritarian rule by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. They turned violent when peaceful demonstrators were attacked by police, and ultimately an Istanbul court
ruled against the plan, although it is not finally settled.
In Brazil, protests that began over a proposed rise in
bus fares brought hundreds of thousands of people into the
streets. The protests soon escalated into opposition to the
large amounts of money the government is investing in facilities for the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, while
neglecting basic health care and education. President Dilma
Rousseff has promised political reforms and increased spending on public transportation and other social needs.
With an approaching presidential election in Chile, students
again took to the streets with a demand for free education rather than a for-profit system. They were joined by workers and
fishermen with broader demands for reform of the political
system. There, too, promises of reforms are being made.
And, in perhaps the most dramatic change, growing street
protests brought about the military overthrow of Egyptian
President Mohamed Morsi’s Islamist government. In the year
since the election that brought him and the Muslim Brotherhood to power, the economy has not kept pace with demands,
unemployment has climbed, and social services declined.
The events this summer follow on the strikes and demonstrations that have occurred in Europe—in Greece, Spain,
Portugal, Bulgaria, and elsewhere—as austerity budgets
have taken hold while unemployment and falling standards
of living affect more and more people.
All of this raises the obvious question: Why are the people of
the U.S. seemingly so acquiescent to what is happening here? Unemployment, especially long-term, is still high; our infrastructure
is crumbling; the social safety net is being shredded, at both the
state and national levels; our education system is now ranked 17th
among the top 40 developed countries. Despite all that, there are
not thousands of people in the streets demanding change.
The closest the U.S. has come in recent years was the dramatic birth and growth of the Occupy movement. Two years later,
that has largely disappeared at the national level, in part due to
its active suppression by the police. But more important, the activists involved have been putting down local roots, organizing at
the community level against foreclosures and for jobs, protesting
growing income inequality, and getting involved in many other
struggles around the country. One day, there may be that “one
small incident” here that will spark the kind of nonviolent prophetic protests that are now occurring around the world.
Duane Shank is an associate editor of Sojourners.

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C O M M E N T A R Y

Reem Mohamed

WOMEN AND THE ARAB SPRING
Should women’s
movements support a
national revolution based
on patriarchal principles?

W

hen women joined men on the streets
of Egypt on January 25 2011, they
did not organize for a gender revolution; they joined the crowds to chant
‘bread, freedom and social justice.’
This was a big mistake.
Led by males, uprisings of the Arab Spring did not
prioritize ‘equality’, a crucial concern for women. In
1991, when South Africa was redefining its national
identity after four decades of apartheid rule, McClintock wrote: “women who are not empowered to
organize during the struggle will not be empowered
to organize after the struggle. If nationalism is not
deeply informed, and transformed, by an analysis of
gender power, the nation-state will remain a repository of male hopes, male aspirations, and male privilege.” The Arab Spring witnessed women falling into
this trap: unconditionally supporting a national movement, hoping that gender equality would be a byproduct of toppling oppressive regimes. This causality is
flawed; when formerly oppressed men rise to power,
they are ever reluctant to share this power, especially
with women. In fact, they may well seek to curb the
rights and freedoms that women already enjoy so as
to eliminate any possibility of empowerment.
The recent political developments in Egypt suggest
the return of an autocratic regime. Women’s position
towards any rising power at this point is influenced by
the political developments in the last three years. Women were excluded from the transitional process and remain at risk of losing the limited rights they enjoy, not
only in Egypt, but also in Tunisia and Libya – countries
that successfully overthrew an oppressive leader and
entered into a transitional process. This leaves women with a tough choice: supporting pseudo-democratic regimes that grant them some legal rights, or
supporting the ‘revolutionary’ movements that eliminate any empowerment prospect for women.

Global trends
The participation of women in collective movements is not only welcomed, but can be strongly
encouraged. The visibility of women in such movements may be important for a variety of reasons:
first, femininity reflects fertility and symbolizes the
continuity of the nation; second, women are mothers, wives and daughters supporting ‘their’ patriotic
men and complementing their work; and third, the
visibility of women strengthens the legitimacy of
the movement’s international image and recognition. As long as women’s participation and aspirations are contained in a masculine framework,
women are urged to revolt. In this way, women’s efforts are employed for a patriarchal project.
Gender equality is considered peripheral to the national struggle, based on the assumption that women’s
emancipation will sequentially follow national liberation. Accordingly, gender inequalities are never linked
to patriarchy, but rather blamed on various political
and economic ideologies including colonialism, dictatorships and capitalism, among others. In 1931 India, Nehru urged women to participate in the national
movement and abandon the gender struggle when he
stated that ‘in a national war, there is no question of either sex or community. Whoever is born in this country ought to be a soldier’ because of which he advised
women to dedicate their efforts to the national struggle
so as to rid themselves from all kinds of oppressions;
imperialism and gender inequalities alike. Throughout
the apartheid era, the South African women’s movement dared not speak about gender inequalities for
fear of shifting focus away from the concern perceived
as the most pressing: racial discrimination.

Disillusioned women of the Arab Spring
During the uprisings of the Arab Spring, women
were directed away from gender issues, and towards
the mainstream demands of ‘bread and freedom’.
Because of their remarkable contribution to these
movements, women expected that they would play a
pivotal role in the newly-founded democracies; however, they were utterly disappointed.
A few days into the transitional period, the Supreme
Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) in Egypt delegated
Judge Tariq el Bishry to head a committee for draft-

K

evi galho hotel is a tiny food
joint in Kohima’s super market
lane, situated parallel to the local ground. We discovered this tiny
non-descript looking food joint quite
by chance. Film-maker Kivini Shohe
and I had 3 hours to spare before an
appointment so we hung around casually in the market area. Someone
had suggested we try a chow-momo place just below Wupru Optics.
On our way there Kivini got a whiff
of something familiar, something
that triggered a mouth-watering response in that bustling lane. “Angami galho,” she beamed with delight.
“Wow, let’s go in,” I answered without
hesitation. We spotted a small doorway with old curtains half drawn. We
peeped in and realized this was the
very place where the captivating aroma came from! This was Kevi galho
hotel, but even that name scrawled
on the wall was hidden by a row of
clothes on hangers belonging to the
adjoining shop. We entered the hotel
and occupied a spot amid the sparse
arrangement of tables and benches.
The place looked like it had customers flowing in and out through the
day. On the wall it was written: Galho – Beef Rs. 50, Pork Rs. 60. There
were two little bowls of chutney on
the table, one was axone in raja mircha and the other was mashed potato in raja mircha. We ordered beef

ing the constitutional amendments that regulated the
forthcoming elections. El Bishry appointed experts in
law and politics including members of minority groups
such as a Coptic Christian and a member of the Muslim
Brotherhood, but he did not appoint a single woman.
Women did not lead any political parties and were generally absent from negotiations over the transitional
process with the SCAF. The opposition is similarly biased; gender issues are restricted to the women’s committees of political parties as they are not considered
public issues. The first ministerial cabinet following the
ousting of Mubarak included three women and the one
appointed after the 2012 presidential elections included two women. Out of 100 members in the Constitutional Committee of 2012, seven were women; and five
women are among the 50 members of the committee
assigned to draft the 2013 Constitution.
Ideologically, women were perceived as a financial burden; as sexual objects; and as ‘homemakers’
who are expected to prioritize their family life over
their personal interests. Despite the economic and
political turmoil in Egypt, the first post-Mubarak
elected parliament deemed it more urgent to curb
women’s rights, seeking to annul the meagre legal
and political gains they had made during Mubarak’s
era. Parliamentarians discussed regressive legal
amendments suggesting the repeal of unilateral divorce, the restriction on women’s movements, and
the legalization of female genital mutilation (that was
outlawed in 2008). The parliament also discussed
removing restrictions on a marital age for girls and
the return of Beit-El-Ta’a (a man’s legal right to force
women to live in the marital home).
The 2012 Constitution reaffirmed gender stereotypes as it was generous with women’s welfare rights
and stingy with gender equality and women’s empowerment. Article 10 stated that ‘the State shall provide
special care and protection to female breadwinners,
divorced women and widows’. In other words, the
state must overtake the role of deceased and absent
men to ‘protect’ women; otherwise, women will be
protected by their husbands. The article also enjoins
the state to ‘enable the reconciliation between the
duties of a woman toward her family and her work.’
These provisions were hailed as protective measures,
when in fact they emphasized the gendered division
of labour, restricting women’s identities to mothers,
daughters and wives. With these constitutional indications, the new Egypt has carefully drawn the boundaries for women in public and private life.
The obsession with curbing women’s rights is
trending across the region. In the midst of the Libyan
national reconciliation process, Mustafa Abdul-Jalil,
Chairman of the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) vowed to loosen all restrictions imposed
by Gaddafi on the practice of polygamy. Similar to
their Egyptian neighbours, the NTC considered polygamy to be a more urgent matter than serious political challenges that threatened Libya’s peace and
reconciliation prospects. Abdul-Jalil’s promise was
realized when the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court in Libya abolished all restrictions on
the practice of polygamy in February 2013.
The thinning of the line between religion and politics following the Arab Spring has diminished the already limited prospects of women’s participation in the
region. Jumping on the bandwagon, religious figures
made numerous sexist statements seeking to restrict
women’s rights. After Gaddafi’s fall Libyan Grand Mufti
Sheikh Sadeq Al-Ghariani called for a separation of sexes in law and society, and in March 2013, he urged the

government to restrict women’s freedom of marriage.
Tunisian women are not enjoying a ‘spring’ either. Before they held office in 2011 Ennahda party had promised to recognize and honour women’s rights. Once in
power, the party sang a different tune; party members
called for the recognition of women as ‘complementary to men’ in the draft Constitution of 2012. In the latest row of sexist politics, in September 2013, Tunisian
women were reportedly used as sex Jihadists to be gifted to the warriors of the Free Syrian Army.
In March 2013 the UN Commission on the Status of
Women sought to ratify a declaration to end violence
against women. The draft document enraged political
and religious leaders (with overlapping roles) in both
Egypt and Libya. The Libyan Grand Mufti issued a fatwa
calling upon all Muslim women to protest against the
declaration as it jeopardized the rules of Islam. Egypt's
Muslim Brotherhood issued a statement against the
declaration, pinpointing ten main criticisms and shamelessly published it on the group’s English website. The
Brotherhood contested women’s freedom to travel and
work. The group also condemned the interference of
state-law in marriage particularly regarding intimate
violence. The statement also urged women’s organizations to ‘commit to their religion and morals of their
communities and the foundations of good social life and
not be deceived with misleading calls to decadent modernization and paths of subversive immorality.’
Making a safe bet
While considered ‘oppressive’, pseudo-democratic
states do not have a problem with women’s rights, albeit not out of their commitment to gender equality.
Promoting women’s rights is a safe bet; women’s rights
neither question the legitimacy nor threaten the longevity of such regimes. In fact, reflecting the image of ‘supporters of gender equality’ earns the state international
praise with little emphasis on either implementation or
budgetary allocation. The former Egyptian first lady Suzanne Mubarak headed the National Council for Women
that successfully advocated for various rights and freedoms including the right to unilateral divorce and the
criminalization of FGM, along with NGOs. Seeking international approval as far back as 1957, Bourguiba introduced some rights to Tunisian women that were rarely
enjoyed in the Arab world: women had the right to divorce, polygamy was banned and marital age was set at
17. His successor Ben Ali maintained the stance towards
women’s rights. However, both leaders had no regard to
civil and political liberties. In Gaddafi’s era, female education significantly increased (including college level),
women enjoyed the right to divorce and to equal pay for
equal work, and polygamy was restricted.
So what? A question presenting itself at this point:
overthrowing an oppressive regime is necessary regardless of the collateral damage. In fact, women do
have a choice. Referring to Gaddafi’s regime, a prominent Libyan human rights lawyer, Hana el-Gallal, stated: “In the old regime we didn’t have any voice in the
economic and political sector. Now, in these two sectors we don’t have any presence”. Women may decide
to play it safe and support the least of two evils; at least
with pseudo-democracies women can work within the
system without seeing their rights eradicated.
So, should women’s movements support a national revolution based on patriarchal principles? Such a
decision has to be a matter of choice informed by the
political environments in each country; however, the
developments in three of the countries that are ‘transitioning’ to democracy give quite a stark indication of
women’s chances in a nationalist movement.

Kevi Galho Hotel
susan Waten

galho for it looked completely delicious on the plate of the customer
beside us. Within seconds our orders
arrived. Without wasting any time
we both dived into our plates like it
was an eating competition! The tiny
pieces of beef innards looked mindboggling yummy. It was a little hard
to chew, but none the less, absolutely
fabulous to taste! The axone chutney was just heavenly. We had eaten
our lunch not very long ago, but the
idea of gobbling down some “original
Angami galho” in Kohima really appealed to us. We both
lived in Kohima before
shifting to Dimapur,
and are no stranger
to galho; in fact we
are ardent fans of this highly popular dish. As such this golden opportunity to ‘pig out’ on something as
‘local’ as galho in a busy Kohima
market was such an exciting treat!
My stomach became full, but in my
mind, I was hankering for a second
and third helping. Controlling this
silly self-indulgent urge to eat more,
we paid and swiftly left the place.
I’ve heard about the concept of

“comfort food,” of food that actually
triggers “happy hormones” and uplifts the spirit, of food that can give a
“euphoric high” similar to the effect
of chemical stimulants. I happened
to see a movie, a comedy, where this
lady experiences a climactic high over
an ice-cream. Seeing the amazing effect, people made a drooling bee line
for it. That day when I strolled out the
door in a full belly, I experienced such a
kick, it was so totally crazy! I felt I was
floating on mid air, my head felt dizzily light and to have eaten that mouthsmacking plate of galho
was just awesome and
beyond belief. I felt incredibly good, and happy, and utterly content.
It was so very different from an experience I had several years ago. Two of my
friends and I, after a tiring day, decided
to eat galho in some strange market
place. We entered an anonymous joint,
some-what shady looking but it was
the only one nearby. We were hungry
and didn’t care that the place might
have been a local watering hole. Our
galho looked terrifyingly green and
exaggeratedly watery. It had too much

wRiTE-wiNg

leaves and too little rice. It was also
cold and flavorless; the accompanying
meat wasn’t enticing enough. Someone whispered, “gahori dana,” and that
nauseous thought played on our minds
till we reached home. Such was an episode best left alone. Anyway, I soon
learned how to make galho, each time
giving it a highly personalized twist.
For taste-maker, I sometimes used ‘anishi’ instead of axone, pumpkin or potatoes instead of green leaves, and also
daal for gravy.
This recipe may be a far cry from the
original Angami galho, but for me, this assorted pot has always been a hot favorite.
Churning out this dish also proved to be
very handy because when I started living
by myself in Dimapur, I became somewhat lazy to cook full course meals daily.
Instead, I never hesitate to deposit in one
smoldering pot all the left-overs of previous days for a special galho, my very own
fast food! It is also a healthy dish because I
dump in all those green veggies with their
natural vitamins, along with meat pieces
for protein! And anyway, galho is more
highly recommended than Maggi or Wai
Wai for people who’re fortunate enough
to live independently. But that day in
Kevi galho hotel, I realized that I urgently
need to update and revise my old galho
recipe, and not to stray too far away from
the original Angami concoction.
Susan Waten, Founder of Holiday Abode for
Writers & Artists (HAWA), Nagaland.

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PERSPECTIVE

7
The Church in a Shifting Culture

WEDNEsDAy

THE MORUNG EXPRESS

30 OctOber 2013

NEWS ANALYSIS, FEATURE AND DISCOURSE

C

Chekrovei Cho-o
ulture plays an important role in the life of
the church as well as individual lives. Culture impacts the functions and activities
of the church besides its traditions and
belief. For instance, preaching has always
borrowed its style from culture. During the scholastic period preaching was full of allegory and stories of the saints. Preaching style in baroque period
was as flowery and ornamental as baroque architecture. The enlightenment brought rational, highly philosophical and doctrinal preaching to forefront, while the romantic era saw an emphasis on
emotion and nature (Stephenson Bond). It should
not be surprising, then, that in our age prosperity
gospel dominates our preaching styles due to the
culture of materialism. We’ve also put infrastructural development above spiritual development in
our churches. There is nothing wrong about being
culturally relevant as long as the biblical principles
are not compromised; nevertheless, there are very
high chances of being swayed away by the popular
culture of the day at the expense of biblical foundations of the church and its activities.
Some of the Contemporary Challenges
Confronting the Church Today
The church is never free from being influenced,
even dictated by a system informed by the popular
culture. The followings are some of the crises confronting the mission of God through the Church.

Success Syndrome Versus Servant Lifestyle: Materialism has hindered the church from its inception. Congregations often perceive ministerial effectiveness as numbers game. By equating BIGNESS
with GREATNESS, this “nickles and noses” mentality
has frequently diverted the attention of the church
and her ministers from faithful service. The servant
motivation in Christian ministry has given way to
grasping for prestige and power. As Christians have
drifted away from the simple life-style of the New
Testament toward the pursuit of materialistic success, the church’s inconsistency has scrambled it’s
message of care (James Reed and Ronnie Prevost).
Think about the mega events of the church such
as jubilees, crusades, and conferences. Particularly,
jubilees among the Baptist churches in Nagaland
have become a mockery than an occasion to fulfill
God’s purpose. Celebrations need not be in material
sense. Why jubilee gifts for VIPs, missionaries, and
church workers when jubilee is all about deliverance
from bondage of all kinds. Why jubilee memorial
buildings? Why not send out the message of care to
the poor and needy by providing their basic needs in
the name of jubilee? Why not sponsor an orphan or
two in the name of jubilee instead of a giant structure
called house. Why not send out a few missionaries
for the spiritual deliverance of the lost in the name of
jubilee? And for heaven’s sake, jubilee is held only in
the 50th year, not 25 or 75 or 125 years. Our superficial understanding of the Scripture accompanied by
our willful negligence of the biblical principles have
made our “celebrations” abomination to God.
Equating bigness with greatness is a misconception and a bad culture too. Every great thing has a
humble beginning. We seem to have forgotten this
fact. If you want to clean up a jungle, it is better to uproot the unwanted trees than to set fire on the whole
jungle causing wild fire. And, by the way, you don’t
plant jungles you plant tree saplings. The good thing
is that, Nagas are very ambitious in doing things but
not many are good at embodying what they do with
vision. If we want to see change, we must climb down
the ladder of pride and begin to serve at grass root
level. Biblically speaking, mega events in the bible
were all the result of the outpouring of God’s Spirit
on the faithful (e.g. Day of Pentecost – Acts 2:14ff.).
They were never human made events. We cannot
appropriate God’s plan with human wisdom. God
must be allowed to do great things in us by being
faithful and obedient lest we reduce our spirituality
to “spiritual anorexia.” Spiritual anorexia is a kind
of giving up the possibility that God will meet our
spiritual needs. Thus we begin to appropriate God’s
plan for our lives and our churches. This thing happens not because we don’t rust in God but because
of our wrong trust and wrong step. Sarai’s (Sarah)
suggestion for Abraham to marry Hagar to bear a
son for them (to fulfill God promise) was a typical example (see Genesis 16:1-16). We must allow God to
manifest His mighty works in us than initiate mighty
works for God in contrary to the biblical teachings.
Superficial Evangelism Versus Nurture: Throughout the history, new converts to the Christian faith
have received too little and shallow instructional
training and organic nurture for Christian living.
Many Christians seem to have directed their attention more toward an orthodoxy of belief than an
orthodoxy of life. We have even reduced mission to
number game. The number of converts is rising every year, but lack of leadership among the local converts continues to persist. This is because the church
has misunderstood the Great Commission. The emphasis in the Great Commission is not “go” or “conversion” but” make disciples”. . . “teaching them to
obey all I have commanded” (Matthew 28:19-20). Of
course, without going one cannot make disciples of
all nations, but evangelism without nurture is halfdone. We are responsible for the crisis in mission
fields. As the saying goes, “little learning is dangerous.” There are people who do not believe in the gospel because they do not understand, while others
become Christians without understanding the cost
being a disciple. The church cannot afford to count
the gospel eggs by spending huge amount of money
without enabling them to hatch and mature.
Institutional Form Versus Individual Faith: Christian bodies are turning into religious organization
rather than the Body of Christ because the church
is institutionalized. Thus the believers are forced to
remain spiritual infants. Findley Edge, Bill Rogers,
and others have described a cyclic process of institutionalism. First, as a reaction to errors, abuses,
and injustices, a movement is born in a time of great
stress. Second, the new movement must organize
its own institutions to survive. Third, society rejects
the growing movement as a hated sect. Fourth, the
movement passes from rejection to toleration to acceptance by society. Finally, once the movement’s
dogma has become accepted, either an individual or
group demands conformity. Thus the cycle repeats
itself. In contrast, individual faith stresses a direct
relationship between God and humans. Such radical
faith has almost always met persecution. Jesus’ crucifixion provides the supreme example of this truth. In

reality, the church as a living body of Christ is much
more than a structured institution.
In order to overcome this crisis and initiate effective mission of God in the church we must first understand the purpose of the church. Most denominations
and scholars agree that the church exists for three
purposes – Fellowship, Worship, and Witness. This
idea is drawn from the New Testament characteristics of a church based on Acts 2:42-47. The very purpose of the church – assembled people of God – is to
have relationship with God and with one another and
to witness the God in whom and for whom they exist.

Current Lack of Purpose: Jim Wilhoit points out
the current crisis in church ministry stems from a
lack of clear purpose at the grassroots level. The
people most directly involved in Christian education – Sunday school teachers, youth counselors,
and Bible study leaders – often have no idea of the
ultimate purpose of their educational endeavors.
We are good at copying others and do what others
do, and even do better. The only problem is doing
things without expecting results, thus our activities
are reduced to busybody than a purposeful activity.
Think about children’s department where most of
the time is spent on crafts and work books that have
only an incidental relationship to the Bible passage
of the week. The teachers believe that they should
not bore the children, so they do their best to make
the class a lot of fun. Often, however, no one knows
the ultimate purpose for the class. At times, Sunday
School teachers become “fire fighters” struggling
with how to keep the children quiet so that there’s
little time to impart in them what they need to learn
and become. I used to be ashamed of myself, today,
of how I had no direction whatsoever when I was
forced by my church to teach Sunday school children during my early secular college days. Such a
lack of purpose can devastate the personnel in ministries where the results are slow and where mere
hard work goes unnoticed. We are very eager to
know WHAT does it mean to do something. We are
even more eager to know HOW things are done. But,
we tend to ignore the most important one: WHY do
we involve in the things that we do?
The way we understand something will determine the way we will do things.

Strategic Shifts to Successfully
Transform the Church
Sóren Kierkegaard said, “Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forward.”
Likewise, when we look at our past as the church –
the body of Christ – we can see so many challenges.
Dwelling on these challenges can be overwhelming,
but looking forward with renewed strength with a
desire to see positive change can make a lot of difference. The followings are strategic shifts suggested by Mark Conner for a healthy church.
A Power Shift from Self to God: It is a confidence in
self to a greater dependence on God. It is a recognition
that true success is, “not by might or power, but by the
Spirit of the Lord” (Zechariah 4:6). When we look at
the fall of mankind (Genesis 3:4,5), and even angel –
the Morning Star (Isaiah 14:12-14), both the causes
were pride or ego. Indeed, “pride goes before a fall.”
Prayer is the key to everything both in our
personal lives and in the Church because it is the
greatest source of power. It is said, a prayerful person is a powerful person. If our Lord Jesus Christ
had to spend so much time with his Father to sustain his earthly ministry, how much more would
we need to spend with God. Power belongs to God
and to wait on God no time is lost.
A Priority Shift from Inreach to Outreach: Today, many say that they find increasing attraction
in Jesus but growing alienation from the church.
But why this loss of faith in the integrity of the
church? Chevis F. Horne points out three reasons:
First, some say that the church is introverted,
that it turns in upon its own life, and that it is more
concerned with serving itself than serving the world.
The church is really a servant, existing not for itself
but for the world, it seems to have forgotten that.
Second, the charge of irrelevance is leveled at
the church. It is not in touch with real life and its
crucial issues. It has been too tethered closely to
sacred buildings and holy hours. It has not freed
itself to be the church in the world.
Third, the church reflects too much the spirit
of its culture and too little the spirit of its Lord.
Rather than being controlled by the mind of
Christ, it has embodied the values, standards, and
fragmentation of its society. The church, like its
Lord, is to be a servant, but it has sought power,
prestige, and status symbols. Unless the church is
able to live out beyond these crises it will soon be
overwhelmed by its own problems.
The church must become evangelistic community.
The church is a community of believers but it does not
exist for itself but for the ones who need to know the
saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. One thing the church
must guard itself from is self serving or being served.
A Program Shift from Events to Relationship: As
mentioned earlier the church is becoming too much
event-oriented at the expense of relationship. We
have even reduced church administration to activities. Charles A. Tidwell maintains that, there are
things to be done in the church, but church administration is more than doing of things; it is “growing
of people.” We cannot grow people if relationship is
ignored or neglected. God wants us to shift our focus from just having events to the development of
meaningful relationships between people, so that
the church becomes a caring Christian community.
As highlighted above, there’s severe deviation from
the biblical teaching in regards to our church jubilees when it’s not about the event but people, especially people in need. It is everybody’s responsibility to initiate change in our local churches as well
as Associations/Councils today.
The Church is God’s new community that is to
be known by its love and the quality relationships
between God and His people and among God’s people (see John 13:34-35). In Acts b2:42-47, we see
the distinguishing qualities of this new community.
These first believers ate together, prayed together,
shared their material possessions, praised God together, met together to learn the Word of God and
experienced opportunities to witness Jesus Christ.
As they did, they attracted others from the city to
follow Jesus Christ and be a part of their community. Perhaps, we as the church know very well what
we OUGHT to do but are not willing to move a bit
to practice what we believe. This is called “abusive
spirituality.” The fact is that, if your faith doesn’t
change you, you change your faith.
A Leadership Shift from Ministers to Equippers:
Leadership crisis is not foreign to the Nagas even

among church leaders. It is because the biblical understanding of leadership is either not grasped or
misunderstood. It is an obvious thing that, what one
can do, two can do better provided proper guidance
precedes the action. According to Charles A. Tidwell,
“all ministry is equipping ministry.” What Jesus did
throughout his earthly ministry was equipping his
disciples for the challenges ahead of them in His
kingdom business. Church leaders need to take on
the role of a COACH, who empowers others to reach
their ministry potential. As cited above, church administration is “growing of people” developing
people as effective ministers is vital to the ongoing
growth and health of the church and its ministries.
We know that Moses had “Messiah Complex” in
his leadership style until his father-in-law Jethro
gave him a word of wisdom that enabled him to delegate and mobilize others to help him in the work of
ministry (Exodus 18:13-27). Nehemiah was an excellent leader, who led a group of people to rebuild
the wall of Jerusalem. The task was too big for him
to do by himself, so he made sure every person had
a place and a job to do to contribute to the overall
task (Nehemiah 1-6). Jesus was a Shepherd, but He
worked like a rancher. He trained twelve disciples
and told them to go and make disciples, who would
raise even more disciples and thereby multiply the
ministry. That was Jesus’ priority; that was the disciples’ primary task (Matthew 28:18-20). Paul was
a great leader because he was able to train others to
join him in ministry. Paul told Timothy to take the
things he had taught him and pass them on to the
faithful people who would be able to train others
(2 Timothy 2:1-2). In the words of Dr. James Longkumer, “discipleship is not limited to the clergies
or people in ministry. Every member of the church
must be made disciples in order to follow Jesus and
contribute to the gospel ministry of Jesus Christ.”
One common failure of the church today is inability
to equip the laity for ministry. Leadership that empowers others is a powerful leadership.

A Ministry Shift from Consumers to Contributors: We live in a consumer mentality society today. What is “important” for many people is how
much one gets than how much one can contribute.
The measure of ministry is not how much we get
but how much we give. Mark Conner says, “I believe
that people are looking for significance in life and
this is found by giving their lives to a cause beyond
themselves. God has a vision, a dream, and a destiny
for each individual person and this includes a significant contribution to the local church.”
A number of years ago, gospel singer Michael W.
Smith had a hit song called Place in This World. The
message of this song touches on one of the core needs
that every human being is born with – to find their
place in the world. We have a deep desire for our lives
to have a sense of purpose and meaning. Each one
of us wants to know the answers to the questions,
“Who am I?” and “Why am I here for?” Thankfully the
Bible teaches us that God has a plan and a purpose
for each person (Mark Conner).
God is in recruiting business. History is full of examples of ordinary people that God chose to do extraordinary tasks. God is doing a great work and he
has selected you and me to be on His team. No one
is too insignificant for the task God has entrusted to
him or her. “Priesthood of all believers” (1 Peter 2:9)
gives you ample opportunity to do what you can do
in God’s team. Conner reiterates that, you are a part
of the body of Christ; you have been given a spiritual
gift; you have a specific job to do; the growth of the
body of Christ is dependent on you; and God sees
what you can become, not just what you are now.
A Worldview Shift from Church Mentality to a
Kingdom Mentality: In Mark 9:38-40, we have an interesting story involving Jesus’ disciples. While traveling along ministering in various villages, they observed someone else ministering. They said, “Jesus,
we saw someone who is NOT ONE OF US casting out
demons in your name. Should we tell them to stop?”
See how their reaction revealed an attitude of
pride and exclusiveness that Jesus has to rebuke
them for. This story reveals some common attitudes
that can easily become part of our way of thinking
concerning other churches and ministries. Today,
many churches have become their own stumbling
blocks in mission fields. Scuffle among the Christian churches or denominations is causing confusion
among the new believers in many mission fields. Our
ego-centricity and selfish attitude displayed in our
claim for ownership in the mission of God has done
so much damage than promote the mission God has
entrusted to us. We need to change our thinking patterns in order to adopt a kingdom mentality. We need
to shift our focus so that we do not merely concentrate our attention on our own local church or ministry, but begin to see what God is doing through the
wider Church and body of Christ.
It is said, “Humility is the right estimate of yourself.” We must not think of ourselves more highly
than we should (Romans 13:3). We all need each
other. The Great Commission is too big for any one
of us to fulfill. We need all churches and all Christian
ministries working together to achieve God’s purposes. The book of Proverbs tells us that, a mark of
wisdom and maturity is a willingness to listen and
learn from others (9:9; 12:15). We should look for
common ground and not focus only on our differences (Philippians 1:15-18). God wants us connected to
others, not isolated from them. God values diversity,
not uniformity and so should we.
God is building His Church, and His Church is an
extension of the kingdom of God in every locality. It
is not one particular denomination or nationalistic
group. It is His people, out of every nation and cultural
background. As the true Church of Jesus Christ turns
from competitiveness to co-operation, we will see the
task of reaching our cities and villages accomplished
much more quickly. A kingdom mentality sees the
church in the world as a body comprised of many local churches, all working together for God’s purposes.
Finally, I know very well, there is neither a perfect church nor a perfect church leader and that every fallible leader is bound to lack perfection his or
her ministry, but one must be reminded of biblical
principles as often as possible than being swayed
away by the cultures of the world. As echoed by Dr.
Pangernungba, “the church needs to be informed
by culture but it must transcend the contemporary
culture and retain its own culture, that is, biblical
and spiritual principles. It is because the church is
to be ‘in the world although it is not of the world’”
(John 17:11-17). Therefore, culture should be understood as a vehicle to direct the church in its
functions and activities for the sake of relevance,
but it must guard itself from being polluted or
swallowed up by the popular culture.

The Newspaper with an Opinion
The Morung Express

There are many times we turn a blind eye – for
example, when a family member uses unfair
means to get a job or we condone corrupt
practices which directly benefit us. Likewise, we
continue to uphold the law on prohibition while
ignoring the abundance of alcohol in functions,
wedding parties, or even in some paan shops. The
hypocrisy has led to many articles and debate
topics on the issue since it was first enforced and
has brought about many different viewpoints.
This week, generation “Y” has a say:

“DO WE NEED PROHIBITION
OF LIQUOR IN NAGALAND?”
P. Jonglio Khiamniungan, B.A. 3rd year
rohibition of liquor is the legal Act of prohibiting the manufacture, transportation and sale of alcohol and alcoholic
beverages. In Nagaland, I believe we need prohibition of
liquor as it has become like a disease; bearing numerous ill effects. It does not only poison one’s life but affects the political,
social, economic, spiritual, moral and educational standards of
a society. Nagaland is one of the states in India where liquor or
alcohol is legally banned. The government of Nagaland passed
the liquor prohibition in 1989. The prohibition bill has in some
ways helped in removing the glittering liquor shops from our
towns and the drunken brawls that were noisily located in busy
streets and the Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) has
also taken the initiative in upholding the prohibition Act. However, the prohibition has not fully succeeded in preventing our
people from drinking alcohol and the debate is now whether it
should be lifted from the land or not .
Alcohol or liquor consumption has become a disease in
the Naga society where the victims include both genders of all
ages. I would like to highlight the disadvantages of alcohol and
liquor consumption.
1. Alcohol hinders the spiritual life of a person. Nagaland as
we know is a Christian state but the inhabitants consume
liquor in abundance, which strongly contradicts the Bible.
Alcohol is one of the greatest enemies of man and destroys
the family.
1st Corinthians 6:10 says, “No drunkards shall enter the
kingdom of Heaven. No thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortionists shall inherit the kingdom of God”.
The Bible condemns liquor drinking:
Leviticus 10:9 “Do not drink wine nor strong drink”.
Proverbs 20:21 “Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging”.
Proverbs 23:21 “The drunkards shall come to poverty’.
Thus, from the spiritual point of view it clearly indicates
that one should avoid drinking alcohol to inherit the
kingdom of god.
2. Political: From the political point of view, it leads to all sorts
of corruption, especially during election. Voters are being
bought by a bottle of liquor by the candidates and allies.
3. Economic: Alcohol consumption leads to low standards of
living as the father or the bread earner in the family succumbs to this evil vice. Ultimately, it obstructs development in the society as it leads to less contribution from the
members towards the society.
4. Health problems: It is a slow poison where the consumer
suffers from multiple health problems such as – kidney
failure, damaged cerebellum, liver and eventually kills
the victim. It leads to severe asthmatic attacks, high blood
pressure problems, heart attacks, cancer and other chronic ailments in the long run.
Consumption of alcohol is not only harmful for one’s health
but also the entire environment. There are millions suffering from alcohol abuse in the world and they are increasing in numbers day by day. One may get temporary pleasure out of it, but it gradually leads to mental and physical
dependency on alcohol and addiction.
5. Social Problems - It leads to many social problems like divorce, infidelity, rape, different forms of abuse, molestation, verbal and physical abuse etc.
Especially among students, it hampers academic achievement. Students are unable to concentrate on their studies
and other related activities which affects their academic
performance.
Unless the policy makers and law enforcers are serious
and committed to the Bill, it will never succeed. However, in
the present scenario, we find that many of them also actively
consume alcohol. Despite being the lawmakers, they seem to
have no intention of abiding by it themselves.
Sometimes in life we have to relentlessly pursue our objectives regardless of failure simply because doing them is
right. All of this is possible only when the world comes together for a common cause. I believe the government organizations need to put in a greater concerted effort to eliminate this dirty habit from the root.
Steps should be taken up by the government organization or
leaders of the state to bring discipline in the society and peace
and order in our state. The society cannot progress in an undisciplined environment. There will be chaos and confusion in
the society if things are not organized in a proper way. It is with
the implementation of laws that the animal instinct in human
beings is controlled. It is essential to impart knowledge of laws.
So far, due to the lack of implementation of laws in our society, we witness corruption in every nook and corner of our state.
Nagaland, as a Christian state needs to be controlled and disciplined. According to the act, dry state should be strictly prohibited. Despite our motto of Nagaland for Christ, every morning in
newspaper we read so many IMFL cases. It is illegal in Nagaland,
yet many exploit the alcoholic by smuggling in alcohol and selling them at exorbitant rates. While they may become rich, these
alcohol dealers are abetting slow death among users, besides
putting their families in untold misery. These black alcohol
dealers are indeed some of the worst criminals in our society
who are destroying people’s life as long as they get their money.
The idea of revoking the total prohibition is unthinkable. It will
instead provoke people to fall into graver situations.
In conclusion, I would like to cite that a growing and developing state like Nagaland needs to prohibit liquor in every possible way in order to improve our life in particular
and our development in general. Let us commit ourselves
to freeing our homes, streets, markets, offices, work place,
villages and towns from the evils of liquor.

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‘Indian Mujahideen behind attack on Modi rally’

BHUBANESWAR, OctOBER 29 (REUtERS):
An Islamist militant group is
believed to be behind an attack on a rally by Narendra
Modi that killed six people
and wounded more than 80,
police said on Tuesday. Modi,
who has a good chance of becoming India’s next prime
minister, is seen as a target
of militants who hold him responsible for riots a decade
ago during his first term as
chief minister of Gujarat. At
least 1,000 people, most of
them Muslims, were killed
in the rioting.
Seven crude bombs
went off on Sunday in Bihar
as Modi’s supporters gathered for his rally. He was
not near any of the blasts
and delivered his speech
despite the attack. Senior
police official S.N. Pradhan
said one of two suspects
arrested after the blasts
had identified a suspected
senior member of the Indian Mujahideen militant
group, Tehseen Akhtar, as
the organiser of the attack.
The National Investigation
Agency, India’s top counter
terrorism body, is seeking
the arrest of the 24-yearold Akhtar in connection
with attacks in recent years
in the cities of Mumbai and
Varanasi and is investigating his role in blasts in Hyderabad in February.
“Because of the Tehseen connection, the entire
chain is established,” said
Pradhan, a senior police official in Jharkhand, where
the detained suspect is
from. “There is no doubt

Centre alerted Bihar about
terror attack in Patna: Shinde

Indian National Security Guard soldiers collect evidence from the site of bomb blasts at a central park in Bihar’s state
capital of Patna, on Monday, October 28. (AP Photo)

that it is the work of the Indian Mujahideen.” Police
said the bombers were trying to spark a stampede in
the crowd. Heavy loss of life
could have inflamed tension, recently simmering
again, between majority
Hindus and minority Muslims. The Indian Mujahideen has been accused of
dozens of similar bomb attacks over recent years.
The ease with which
the bombs were planted
around the rally ground,
where tens of thousands
of people gathered to hear
Modi, has raised concern
about Modi’s safety. Leaders of his Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) have called the
attack a big security failure
and have demanded better

protection for him. There
has been no claim of responsibility.
LEADER ARRESTED
Opinion polls suggest
the BJP, which is seeking
to unseat a ruling coalition
led by the Congress party,
could win the most seats
in a general election due by
May. Critics say Modi did
not do enough to stop rampaging Hindu mobs in the
2002 riots in Gujarat. Modi
denies any role in the violence and a Supreme Court
appointed panel cleared
him of wrongdoing.
Modi rejects any suggestion of bias against
Muslims although his party rose to prominence after
leading a campaign that led
to the destruction of the

ministers “exposes the scenario in what manner coal
blocks were being allocated”.
“Recommendations letters
had played a role in the allocation of coal blocks,” he said.
Sharma had moved the
apex court Oct 21 asking
Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh to explain the allocation of 150 coal blocks as he
had done while defending
the allocation of Talabira-II
Coal block in Odisha to Aditya Birla Group’s Hindalco.
He Tuesday moved an
application, saying, “...for
the first time since the coal
block allocation scam came
up, PM Manmohan Singh
has explained about one allocation. But there have been
more than 150 coal block allocations, so will he be able
to explain all of them”.
The court Tuesday
asked the government to
spell out its view on the Central Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) plea that its director

should be vested with the
status of being ex-officio
secretary to the government so that he could communicate with the minister
for personnel directly without wading through the bureaucratic web.
The court also asked the
government to pronounce
its position on the CBI plea
that its director should have
the authority to appoint independent senior counsel
to represent the agency before the courts. However,
Solicitor General Mohan
Parasaran “strongly” opposed the CBI’s plea on both
the counts. “It goes against
administrative spirit. It
would send a wrong signal...
it involves the checks and
balances. CBI has been given a lot of power.”

Babri Masjid mosque in
1992, which triggered rioting that killed some 2,000
people. The party said the
mosque was built on a
Hindu holy site. The Indian
Mujahideen claimed responsibility for a series of
bomb attacks in Gujarat in
2011 that killed at least 45
people, saying they were
revenge for the 2002 riots.
India arrested the organisation’s suspected
leader, Yasin Bhaktal, near
the border with Nepal in
August but Sunday’s explosions would appear to
indicate the group can still
launch high-profile attacks.
Police also suspect the Indian Mujahideen’s involvement in a series of blasts in
July at the Buddhist holy site

PM will not be made party in coal scam: SC

NEW dElHI, OctOBER 29 (IANS): The Supreme Court Tuesday
dismissed a plea seeking
direction to the prime minister to file an affidavit explaining allocation of more
than 150 coal blocks to various companies the validity
of which is being examined
by the apex court.
“Dismissed,” said a
bench of Justice R.M. Lodha,
Justice Madan B. Lokur
and Justice Kurian Joseph,
brushing aside the public
interest litigation (PIL) plea
of advocate M.L. Sharma,
seeking directions to the
prime minister to file the affidavit. Dismissing the plea,
the court said: “We are hearing the matter and you are
reaching the conclusion.”
Pressing his application,
Sharma told the court that
the manner in which recommendation letters were
issued for the grant of coal
blocks even by the central

of Bodh Gaya in Bihar. A National Intelligence Agency
official told Reuters an analysis of the bombs used in
the Sunday attack showed
they were similar to devices
used in Bodh Gaya. In both
attacks, ammonium nitrate
was detected, and the timers and circuits were similar, the official said.
In 2011, the United
States designated the Indian Mujahideen a terrorist organization with close
links to Pakistan-based
groups like the Lashkar-eTaiba (LeT). The State Department said the group
played a “facilitative role”
in the 2008 Mumbai attack carried out by LeT that
killed 166 people, including six Americans.

GURGAON, OctOBER 29 (PtI): The
Centre on Tuesday said it had alerted the
Bihar government about possible terror
attack on BJP Prime Ministerial candidate
Narendra Modi’s rally in Patna which was
rocked by serial blasts on Sunday.
“We have said that we had given input
(about Patna rally). Now, it was general
or specific input that is a different thing.
Whenever there is specific input we give
but whenever there are such rallies we
give input saying you have rally in your
state so there could be a possibility of an
attack,” he told reporters. He was replying to a question whether the Central
government had alerted the Bihar government beforehand about possible terror attack on Modi’s rally. Multiple blasts
rocked in and around the rally venue in
Patna on Sunday claiming six lives and
injuring more than 80 people. “We give
input saying you could be attacked in
2-3 days or so and so day. We keep doing

that. We also give specific input,” he said
on the sidelines of a function organized
on the occasion of the 74th raising day
of CRPF.
Shinde said the home ministry had
given alerts to all states with regard to
rallies and asking the state police forces to beef up security. The home minister, who was supposed to visit Patna on
Tuesday to review security in Bihar but
cancelled it on Monday night, said Bihar
chief minister Nitish Kumar would travel
to Delhi on Wednesday and they would
meet to take stock of the law and order
situation there.
“The Bihar chief minister will meet
me tomorrow. I was supposed to go today but he has a meeting in Rajgir. So,
he would not be in Patna. Hence, I have
sent the Union home secretary, additional secretary and NIA chief. They will go
there and report me back. Tomorrow, I
will talk to Kumar,” he said.

Two more bombs found, defused in Patna

PAtNA, OctOBER 29
(IANS): Two bombs were
found in and around Patna’s Gandhi Maidan Tuesday, on a day when union
Home Secretary Anil Goswami visited the spot that
saw a string of explosions
the previous day, police
said. One of the two bombs
was found barely half an
hour before Goswami’s
visit to the site.
“One after another,
two bombs were found
Tuesday,” Patna senior
Superintendent of Police
Manu Maharaj said. The

first bomb was found near
S.K. Memorial hall, hardly
50 metres from Gandhi
Maidan. The bomb was
defused by the bomb disposal squad. The second
bomb was found in Gandhi Maidan, police officials said. The first bomb
was detected when a police team was on a drive to
search for hidden bombs.
“Immediately the
bomb disposal squad defused it,” a police official
said. Suspecting that more
live bombs were in and
around Gandhi Maidan,

Manu Maharaj appealed
to people to tell them if
they spot any suspicious
article. “Police have requested people not to
touch any suspicious article and inform police immediately if they find anything,” Maharaj said.
Police, till now, have
recovered six live bombs
from Gandhi Maidan. A
series of blasts took place
Sunday before Bharatiya
Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was to address a
rally in Gandhi Maidan.

are accountable to government. This is to get
past some red tape. When
a large number of bureaucratic controls will go, it
will improve functional efficacy,” senior counsel Amarendra Saran, appearing
for the CBI, told the court.
“On this, all political parties are in line up,” observed
Justice Lodha as Saran told
the court that all political formations in the country want
to control CBI. In another order, the court asked the CBI
to file the next status report
on its investigation into the
criminality dimension on
the allocation of coal blocks
upto Dec 31 by Jan 10, 2014
and directed the listing of the
matter on Jan 15.
The court allowed the
investigating agency’s plea
to add one more investigatCBI refuted the ing officer in its team prob- A policeman stands by the site of an accident on a highway near Amritsar, on Tuesday, October 29. A bus and a truck
claims.
ing the coal scam. At pres- collided Tuesday killing 8 people, including a child and two women, and injuring more than a dozen, according to a news
“We are not asking for ent, the investigating team agency. (AP Photo)
unaccountable power. We has 39 officers.

richest woman is new Haryana minister
Teacher set afire for not withdrawing plaint India’s
cHANdIGARH, Oc- high-profile parliament when his private helicop- criminal cases. Earlier this

BHUBANESWAR, OctOBER 29
(IANS): A woman teacher sustained
critical injuries when she was set
ablaze by an unidentified assailant in
Odisha for allegedly refusing to withdraw a sexual assault complaint she
had filed against an official early this
year, police said Tuesday.
The incident took place Sunday
night at a residential government
school at Tikiri, in Rayagada district,
about 420 km from state capital Bhubaneswar, when the teacher was
watching a television show along
with some children, a senior district
police official told IANS.
The teacher was staying in the

school. The assailant allegedly entered the school room and poured
kerosene on her before lighting the
match, the official said.
Itishree Pradhan, 28, sustained
more than 90 percent burn injuries. She was rushed for treatment
to a hospital in Vishakapatnam in
the neighbouring state of Andhra
Pradesh where her condition is stated to be critical, he added.
The official said Pradhan had
filed a complaint with police against
school inspector Netrananda
Dandsena in July for molesting her.
Dandsena is absconding since then.
A committee against sexual ha-

Modi cannot become PM: Nitish

PAtNA, OctOBER 29 (IANS): BJP’s prime ministerial candidate
Narendra Modi will never become the prime minister of India, Bihar
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar asserted Tuesday. Launching a bitter
attack on Modi, two days after he hit out at Nitish Kumar here, the
Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader also blamed the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) for the collapse of the BJP-JD-U alliance in June.
In his concluding speech at a two-day JD-U convention that began Monday, Nitish Kumar made fun of his Gujarat counterpart but
without taking Modi’s name. Describing Modi as “the man who came
here two days ago”, Nitish Kumar said his dream of becoming the
prime minister will remain a dream. He compared the “dream” with
what he described as “BJP’s hype” over Modi. “This ‘hava’ (wind) is
not natural. It has been produced by a blower.”
In any case, Nitish Kumar went on, anyone aspiring to become
the prime minister of a country like India should learn to be patient -- and sober. “The way he was wiping his sweat and drinking
huge quantities of water” while addressing a BJP rally here Sunday
showed he was “waiting to attack me”, the Bihar chief minister said.
Nitish Kumar said it was not he who ended the 17-year-long alliance
with the BJP but it was the latter which created conditions that led to
the bitter divorce.
“It is the BJP which is responsible for the split,” he said. Nitish Kumar said that while Gujaratis were known for their love for sweets,
there was nothing “sweet” about the way Modi makes his points.

rassment at work place, which also
probed the allegation, had recommended action against Dandsena early this month after finding him guilty.
The man who set her on fire had
allegedly threatened her to withdraw
the complaint against the school inspector. “The district administration
has suspended the school inspector,
a district inspector of school and a police officer who was investigating the
molestation case,” the official said.
Police have formed a special team
to nab both the culprits, the one who
set her afire and the school inspector,
who had molested her some months
ago, he added.

tOBER 29 (IANS): The
country’s richest woman,
Savitri Jindal, was Tuesday inducted as a minister
in the Haryana cabinet by
Chief Minister Bhupinder
Singh Hooda. This is the
second time that she has become a minister in the Hooda government. She was
earlier a minister of state in
the 2005-09 Hooda government.
Jindal is a legislator
from the ruling Congress
from Hisar assembly constituency and is the mother
of industrial tycoon and

member Naveen Jindal
(Lok Sabha member from
Kurukshetra). She was
listed by a leading business
publication as the country’s richest woman as she
lords over a multi-billion
rupee steel and power sector empire and is the chairperson of the Jindal Group.
Her name also figures in
the Top-100 richest people
in the world.
SWavitri Jindal’s industrialist-cum-politician husband O.P.Jindal, who too
was a minister in the Hooda government, was killed

ter crashed near the Haryana-Uttar Pradesh border
March 2005. Jindal was
sworn-in Tuesday along
with the other new minister, Aftab Ahmed, who is a
legislator from Nuh assembly constituency in Mewat
district and the only Muslim
face in the Hooda ministry.
Two ministerial slots
in the Hooda government
were vacant ever since
ministers O.P.Jain and Gopal Kanda resigned in June
2011 and August 2012
respectively, after their
names figured in separate

year, Jindal was directed
by the Punjab and Haryana
High Court to vacate her
government accommodation, which she had been
occupying unauthorisedly.
She has been occupying a ministerial bungalow
in Chandigarh’s upscale
Sector 7, even though she
ceased to be a minister in
2009. The court said that
eviction proceedings be
started if she did not vacate the house. A penalty of
Rs.89 lakh was also slapped
on her for occupying the
house.

Rains may defeat govt’s efforts to calm onion prices quickly

MUMBAI, OctOBER 29 (REUtERS): The government efforts to
quickly calm soaring onion prices are
unlikely to succeed as heavy rains have
damaged the crop and delayed harvesting, a worry for the ruling Congress
party which is struggling to control inflation as elections loom. Retail prices
of onions have quadrupled in some
cities over the past three months and
have helped push inflation to a seven-

month high of 6.46 percent in September, prompting the central bank to hike
interest rates.
Indians eat their way through 15
million tonnes of onions a year, using
them as the base for curries and traditional dishes such as biryani and bhaji.
In the past, higher onion prices have
contributed to the fall of state governments. Elections in the states of New
Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh and Mizoram, seen as
a warm-up for the national elections
slated for 2014, kick off in November.
Last week, food and farm ministers
said onion prices would come down
in two to three weeks but this may
not come to pass as four key oniongrowing states have received heavy
crop-damaging rains since then, in
some areas 10 times more than normal. Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka,
Maharashtra and Odisha account for

more than half of the country’s total
onion output.
“The heavy rainfall would delay
harvesting by a few days. It might have
damaged 5 to 10 percent of the crop,”
R.P. Gupta, director at the National Horticultural Research and Development
Foundation (NHRDF), told Reuters.
This may keep onion prices elevated,
which are currently more expensive
than apples and oil in India. In some
cities, onions were being sold for over
80 rupees per kg, compared with 20 rupees three months ago.
“Supply from the summer-sown
crop has started, but it is nearly half
compared to last year,” said Vilas
Bhujbal, a trader based at Pune in
Maharashtra, India’s top onion producing state. “Rains have hurt the development of bulbs, their size is smaller than usual. Farmers are reporting
lower yields.”

NEW CROP SUPPLY
While Gupta from NHRDF expects
supplies to improve from next week,
the trader from Pune said it would not
be enough to trigger a hefty price correction. On Tuesday, average prices at
the country’s largest wholesale onion
trading hub in Lasalgaon, Maharashtra,
were 3,500 rupees per 100 kg, nearly
three times more than last year.
Even after new season supplies, the
price is unlikely to fall below 3,000 rupees in November, Bhujbal said. Farmers have cultivated onions on more
land, but supplies will rise substantially only from December, said Changdev Holkar, a director at the National
Agricultural Cooperative Marketing
Federation. “From December onwards
prices would start falling. They might
fall sharply in January and February,
but for next few weeks we have to cope
with higher prices.”

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US weighs end to spying on leaders

WASHINGTON, OcTOber 29 (AP): The Obama
administration is considering ending spying on allied
heads of state, a senior administration official said, as
the White House grappled with the fallout from revelations that the U.S. has eavesdropped on German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The official said late Monday that a
final decision had not been made and an internal review
was still underway.
The revelations about National Security Agency
monitoring of Merkel were the latest in a months-long
spying scandal that has strained longstanding alliances
with some of America’s closest partners. Earlier Monday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate
Intelligence Committee, called for a “total review of all
intelligence programs.”
Feinstein, D-Calif., said in a statement that the White
House had informed her that “collection on our allies will
not continue.” The administration official said that statement was not accurate, but added that some unspecified
changes already had been made and more were being
considered, including terminating the collection of communications from friendly heads of state.
The official was not authorized to discuss the review
by name and insisted on anonymity. As a result of the spying allegations, German officials said Monday that the U.S.
could lose access to an important law enforcement tool
used to track terrorist money flows. As possible leverage,
German authorities cited last week’s non-binding resolution by the European Parliament to suspend a post-9/11
agreement allowing the Americans access to bank transfer data to track the flow of terrorist money.
A top German official said she believed the Americans were using the information obtained from Merkel
to gather economic intelligence apart from terrorism and
that the agreement known as SWIFT should be suspended. Feinstein said while the intelligence community has
kept her apprised of other issues, like the court orders on
telephone record collection, intelligence officials failed to
brief her on how they followed foreign leaders.
Her statement follows reports based on new leaks
from former NSA systems analyst Edward Snowden indicating that the NSA listened to Merkel and 34 other
foreign leaders. “With respect to NSA collection of intelligence on leaders of U.S. allies — including France, Spain,

Demonstrators protest outside of the U.S. Capitol in Washington during a rally to demand that the U.S. Congress
investigate the National Security Agency’s mass surveillance programs Saturday, October 26. (AP Photo)

Mexico and Germany — let me state unequivocally: I am
totally opposed,” Feinstein said. She added that the U.S.
should not be “collecting phone calls or emails of friendly
presidents and prime ministers” unless in an emergency
with approval of the president.
European Union officials who are in Washington to
meet with lawmakers ahead of White House talks said
U.S. surveillance of their people could affect negotiations
over a U.S.-Europe trade agreement. They said European privacy must be better protected. Many officials in
Germany and other European governments have made

clear, however, that they don’t favor suspending the U.S.EU trade talks which began last summer because both
sides stand to gain so much through the proposed deal,
especially against competition from China and other
emerging markets.
As tensions with European allies escalate, the top U.S.
intelligence official declassified dozens of pages of top secret documents in an apparent bid to show the NSA was
acting legally when it gathered millions of Americans’
phone records. Director of National Intelligence James R.
Clapper said he was following the president’s direction to

Abbott declares end of Australia’s longest war

Soldiers from the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) stand on a road as they provide
security in Laiza, a border town of China and Myanmar, Kachin State, Myanmar, on October 28. From 1961 until 1994, the KIA fought a grueling and inconclusive war against
the Burmese junta for independence, but now the groups goal is for autonomy within a
federal union. The Kachins are a coalition of six tribes whose homeland encompasses
territory in Yunnan, China and Northeast India, in addition to Kachin State in Burma.
(AP Photo)

SydNey, OcTOber 29 (AFP): Prime
Minister Tony Abbott declared Australia’s
longest war at an end during a surprise
visit to Afghanistan, with more than 1,000
troops to return home before Christmas in
a “bitter-sweet” withdrawal.
“Australia’s longest war is ending, not
with victory, not with defeat, but with, we
hope, an Afghanistan that’s better for our
presence here,” Abbott said. He flew to the
Australian Defence Force (ADF) mission
in remote Uruzgan province on Monday
to make the announcement on the withdrawal which he said was a “bitter-sweet
moment for Australia”.
“Sweet because hundreds of soldiers
will be home for Christmas. Bitter because
not all Australian families have had their
sons, fathers and partners return,” he said
at the main base of Tarin Kot.
In an official statement released Tuesday, Abbott said the mission had been
critical to Australia’s national security.
“We have worked to ensure Afghanistan

does not again become a safe haven for
terrorists and have worked with our allies
to make the world a safer place,” he said.
“People have paid a high price. We have
lost 40 of our best.”
More than 20,000 Australians have
served in Afghanistan, with 40 killed
in action and 260 wounded since 2001
when Australia joined close ally the United States to fight the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. “Australians don’t fight wars of conquest. We fight wars of freedom,” Abbott
said. “We fight for peoples’ right to live
their own lives and to worship in their
own way.”
Abbott underlined that Australia left
a legacy of 200 schools as well as health
clinics and upgraded roads. He reaffirmed Canberra’s commitment to support Afghanistan in the future, notably
by training Afghan National Security
Forces and development assistance. Several hundred Australians will continue to
serve in non-combat roles in the country.

Scorpions, beetles on menu at Paris bar

PArIS, OcTOber 29 (AFP):
At a tiny bar in Paris’s Montmartre district, chef Elie Daviron is
happy to admit his new menu
has disgusted some clients while
others need two or three drinks
before they can face it.
Amid the guacamole, chicken
tikka and chili hotdogs, the young
chef is conducting a “gastronomical experiment” with what he
calls a selection of “ insect tapas”.
Grasshoppers, beetles, scorpions
and two different types of worm
-- sango and silk -- are the latest

additions to his fare.
“My personal favourite is the
sango worm,” Daviron said from
behind the bar of the Festin Nu or
Naked Lunch, a watering hole in
this picturesque northern slope of
the Montmartre hill. “There are two
textures.... you have the head and
the body which are a completely
different taste and flavour,” he said.
The body was “sandy” tasting while the head was “crunchy”
and tasted a bit like a combination of beetroot and mushrooms,
he added. The 26-year-old from

Montpellier in southern France
became interested several years
ago in the idea of how insects
could in future be a common
source of protein in Europe. And
after the release of a UN report on
edible insects earlier this year, he
“realized that people were waiting for someone to do that”.
Daviron ordered a selection
from a company licensed to import
dried insects and set about experimenting with recipes. The result
was five dishes including scorpion
with pepper cooked in olive oil,

Limit kids’ texts, tweets, online
cHIcAGO, OcTOber
29 (AP): Parents should limit kids’ tweeting and texting
and keep smartphones and
laptops out of bedrooms,
a pediatricans group says.
The recommendations are
bound to prompt eye-rolling and laughs from many
teens but the influential pediatricians group American
Academy of Pediatrics says
parents need to know that
unrestricted media use can
have serious consequences.
It’s been linked with
violence, cyberbullying,
school woes, obesity, lack
of sleep and a host of other
problems. It’s not a major
cause of these troubles, but
“many parents are clueless” about the profound
impact media exposure can
have on their children, said
Dr. Victor Strasburger, lead
author of the new policy.
“This is the 21st century
and they need to get with
it,” said Strasburger, a University of New Mexico adolescent medicine specialist.
The policy is aimed at
all kids, including those
who use smartphones,
computers and other Internet-connected devices.
It expands the academy’s

longstanding recommendations on banning televisions from children’s and
teens’ bedrooms and limiting entertainment screen
time to no more than two
hours daily. Under the new
policy, those two hours include using the Internet for
entertainment, including
Facebook, Twitter, TV and
movies; online homework
is an exception.
The policy statement
cites a 2010 report that
found U.S. children aged 8
to 18 spend an average of
more than seven hours daily using some kind of entertainment media. Many kids
now watch TV online and
many send text messages
from their bedrooms after
“lights out,” including sexually explicit images by cellphone or Internet, yet few
parents set rules about media use, the policy says.
“I guarantee you that if
you have a 14-year-old boy
and he has an Internet connection in his bedroom, he
is looking at pornography,”
Strasburger said. The policy notes that three-quarters of kids aged 12 to 17
own cellphones; nearly all
teens send text messages,

and many younger kids
have phones giving them
online access. “Young people now spend more time
with media than they do in
school — it is the leading
activity for children and
teenagers other than sleeping” the policy says.
Mark Risinger, 16, is
allowed to use his smartphone and laptop in his
room, and says he spends
about four hours daily on
the Internet doing homework, using Facebook and
YouTube and watching
movies. He said a two-hour
Internet time limit “would
be catastrophic” and that
kids won’t follow the advice, “they’ll just find a way
to get around it.” Strasburger said he realizes many
kids will scoff at advice
from pediatricians — or
any adults.
“After all, they’re the experts! We’re media-Neanderthals to them,” he said.
But he said he hopes it will
lead to more limits from
parents and schools, and
more government research
on the effects of media. The
policy was published online Monday in the journal
Pediatrics.

beetle with cucumber, ginger pickle and green peas and grasshopper with egg. The protein-rich insects are imported from Thailand
where they are widely eaten as
snacks. But due to limited demand
in France the few licensed suppliers deal only in dried insects rather
than frozen or fresh.
‘Disgust turns to satisfaction’
Student Laura Dandelot, 21,
said she had to overcome her prejudices in order to try the scorpion.
“At first, I did think it was disgust-

ing and impossible to eat because
it was strange and dirty,” she said.
In fact, the scorpion tasted pleasant enough, she said, describing
it as a bit “like nuts”, although she
did not like the texture. “It was
very hard to eat... crispy and hard,”
she added. Adele Gaudre, also a
21-year-old student, said she liked
the grasshopper. “It was as if you
were chewing on dried tea, it was
really dry but very nice,” she said.
The “insect tapas” are priced at between 5 and 9 euros (7 and 12 dollars) per serving.

make public as much information as possible about how
U.S. intelligence agencies spy under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Monday’s release of documents
focused on Section 215 of the Patriot Act, which allows
the bulk collection of U.S. phone records.
The document release is part of an administrationwide effort to preserve the NSA’s ability to collect bulk
data, which it says is key to tracking key terror suspects,
but which privacy activists say is a breach of the Constitution’s ban on unreasonable search and seizure of evidence from innocent Americans. The release of the documents comes ahead of a House Intelligence Committee
hearing Tuesday on FISA reform.
The documents support administration testimony
that the NSA worked to operate within the law and fix
errors when they or their systems overreached. One of
the documents shows the NSA admitting to the House
Intelligence Committee that one of its automated systems
picked up too much telephone metadata. The February
2009 document indicates the problem was fixed.
Another set of documents shows the judges of the
FISA court seemed satisfied with the NSA’s cooperation. It
says that in September 2009, the NSA advised the Senate
Intelligence Committee about its continuing collection of
Americans’ phone records and described a series of demonstrations and briefings it conducted for three judges
on the secretive U.S. spy court. The memorandum said
the judges were “engaged throughout and asked questions, which were answered by the briefers and other
subject matter experts,” and said the judges appreciated
the amount and quality of information the NSA provided.
It said that two days later, one of the judges, U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton, renewed the court’s permission to resume collecting phone records.
The documents also included previously classified
testimony from 2009 for the House Intelligence Committee by Michael Leiter, then head of the National Counterterrorism Center. He and other officials said collecting
Americans’ phone records helped indict Najibullah Zazi,
who was accused in a previously disclosed 2009 terror
plot to bomb the New York City subways.
The documents also show the NSA considered tracking targets using cellphone location data, and according
to an April 2011 memo consulted the Justice Department
first, which said such collection was legal. Only later did
the NSA inform the FISA court of the testing.
NSA commander Gen. Keith Alexander revealed the
testing earlier this month to Congress but said the agency
did not use the capability to track Americans’ cellphone
locations nor deem it necessary right now.
Asked Monday if the NSA intelligence gathering had
been used not only to protect national security but American economic interests as well, White House spokesman
Jay Carney said: “We do not use our intelligence capabilities for that purpose. We use it for security purposes.”
But National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin
Hayden later clarified that: “We do not use our intelligence capabilities to give U.S. companies an advantage,
not ruling out that we are interested in economic information.”
Carney acknowledged the tensions with allies over
the eavesdropping disclosures and said the White House
was “working to allay those concerns,” though he refused
to discuss any specific reports or provide details of internal White House discussions.

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10

SPORTS

Wednesday

Dimapur

30 October 2013

Heat preparing
for another ring
celebration

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2013, file photo, Miami Heat forward LeBron James goes for a dunk
during the first half of a preseason NBA basketball game against the Washington Wizards in
Washington. Considered the best player in the game, James remains obsessed with getting
better. That's why, on the verge of starting his 11th professional season and fourth with the
Heat, he fully expects the 2013-14 campaign to be his best one yet. (AP Photo)

MIAMI, OCtObeR 29
(AP): By now, the Miami
Heat know a thing or two
about planning championship celebrations. They're
getting a fair amount of
practice. A pair of 3D videos that will turn the court
into a theater screen and
even the infamous yellow
rope — which got attention
for all the wrong reasons in
Game 6 of last season's NBA
Finals against San Antonio
— will be part of the show
Tuesday when the Heat
distribute their newest
championship rings before
the team's season-opener
against the Chicago Bulls.
For the Heat, it's their third
banner-raising party in
seven years, and the second
one they'll hold in a span of
12 months.
Elements of the team
introduction video have
been teased in social media, but not much in the
way of details — especially about the rings — have
leaked out publicly. One
known piece of the party
is that yellow lanyards, a
reminder of the rope that
security personnel used to
cordon off the court in the
last seconds of regulation
of Game 6 as it looked the
Spurs were about to clinch
the title, will be part of a
fan-giveaway item.
Those security workers had to retreat, and take
the rope with them, when
Ray Allen made a 3-pointer
with 5.2 seconds left in reg-

ulation to cap a wild Heat
comeback and level the
game, which Miami wound
up winning in overtime.
The rope has been a
talking point around Miami ever since. "It's a nod
to the importance of that
element," McCullough said.
The Heat will wear specially designed warm-ups
and uniforms, all with gold
effects to signify the color
of the championship trophy. The jersey will only be
worn on opening night, and
is one of 10 that the team
plans to wear at various
times this season.
All the looking-back
is nice, but to the players,
what's going on before the
game takes a back seat —
for good — once the new
season starts for real. "After we get our rings, that's
last year," Heat star and
four-time NBA MVP LeBron James said. James made
no secret about how much
he enjoyed last year's ring
party, and he and Heat players have said some of the
elements that they know
about, such as the player
video, meet with their approval. "I'm going to see
some of it, obviously," James
said. "I'm going to watch a
lot of it and I don't take it
for granted. We did some
special things last year and
this is an opportunity for us
to look back at it one more
time, but I definitely won't
lose sight of what's in front
of me."

nited Redskins takes on Barak
in the first match in Dimapur on
Wedesday. They were soundly
beaten by Zonipang at the weekend despite scoring two goals. United
Redskins’ inability to remain consistent
and compact throughout the ninety minutes has cost them valuable points and
this needs to be addressed at the earliest.
Barak registered another commanding
win playing away against Sangpang last
weekend. They currently trail runaway
leaders Veda by 7 points and they will look
to keep the pressure up with another victory on Wednesday.
Naga Tornadoes secured a crucial
away win at the weekend beating second
placed Kohima Komets. This decisive victory over the title rivals will definitely be a
huge morale booster for their title hopes
this season. Naga Tornadoes will hope to
keep this good run going when they take
on a struggling Doyang side on Wednesday. Doyang went down by 5 goals against
leaders Veda on Saturday in Kohima. They
are struggling to find the back of the net
at the moment scoring just 5 times in 10
outings. Doyang will look for an improved
performance both infront of goal and at
the back when they take on Naga Tornadoes.
Veda continued their ruthless streak
on Saturday when they hammered Doyang
by 5 goals to extend the lead by 6 points at
the top of the table. The debutants have
a formidable home record winning all
their games in Kohima. Wednesday pres-

ents another opportunity to maintain the
100% win record in front of their home
crowd. Sangpang will look to bounce back
from the home defeat to Barak last weekend. They have the ability to upset any
team in the league and they will be keen
to put in another stellar performance and
stop a rampant Veda on Wednesday.
Kohima Komets hosts Dimapur United
in a crucial encounter on Wednesday. The
two teams are currently placed joint second on the table with the same goal difference. Kohima Komets will be eager to
bounce back from the defeat on Saturday
and look to take advantage of the roaring
home crowd support and make it difficult
for the visitors. Dimapur United are in
fine form after another dominant victory
over Dynamic at the weekend. A difficult
away fixture awaits them on Wednesday
but they will be confident of getting a good
result against another title rival Kohima
Komets.
Zonipang outclassed United Redskins
in their last outing in Dimapur on Saturday.
They go into the match against Dynamic
on Wednesday with plenty of confidence
and will back themselves for another win
in front of the home supporters. Dynamic
remain winless after 10 games with just
two points on the board. They need to repeat last season’s form where they registered a string of impressive victories in
the second half of the season. A good away
result against an well-drilled Zonipang
side will give them the much needed confidence for the rest of the season.

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Five things to know about the nba season
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AP Basketball Writer

few preseason games) for the
Chicago Bulls star to make his
return to the NBA, after tearing
up his knee in a playoff game in
April 2012. The Bulls have been
a title contender with Rose in the
past; there's no reason to think
that they won't be one again now
that he's on the court again. The
Eastern Conference saw plenty of
offseason movement, but it could
very easily turn out that the most
notable development is Rose
coming back.

STILL THE CHAMPS:
New year, same story. The
Miami Heat enter this season as
they did the last, as champions of
the NBA. Reigning MVP LeBron
James, Dwyane Wade and Chris
Bosh are trying to get the Heat to
their fourth straight appearance
in the NBA Finals, something that
only the Lakers and Celtics of old
were able to accomplish. While
legacies about those players and
this Heat run are still being writHE'S NOT BACK. YET:
ten, winning another title this
Out West, Kobe Bryant is still
season would solidify this team working his way back from a torn
as one of the NBA's all-time clubs. Achilles' in last season's playoffs.
The Los Angeles Lakers almost
HE'S BACK:
certainly won't go far without
Derrick Rose, finally, is back. Bryant, but with him, it would
It took 18 months (forgetting a be hard to say that they aren't

playoff-worthy even in a typically
loaded-up Western Conference.
Bryant remains considered by his
peers as one of the league's best
players, and he hasn't hidden his
disdain over suggestions that the
Lakers' run of relevance, at least
for now, is over.

FAREWELL, COMMISH:
David Stern will hand out
his last championship rings on
Tuesday night in Miami, when he
awards the jewelry that the team
had designed for the special night
to Pat Riley, Micky Arison, Erik
Spoelstra and the rest of the Heat
staff and players. Stern leaves early next year and turns the reins of
the league over to longtime deputy Adam Silver. Under Stern, who
will have served a 30-year term
as commissioner, the league went

from fledgling to simply a business giant.

THINGS TO WATCH:
Will Memphis or Golden State
go from looking like they're ready
to contend and, you know, actually contend for the NBA title? Will
Dwight Howard realize his potential in Houston? Can San Antonio
make one more run at winning it
all? Who will emerge as the surprise
team, if anyone? Will teams tank to
enhance their chances of drafting
presumed 2014 No. 1 pick Andrew
Wiggins next June? Will the grand
experiment in Brooklyn of taking
an aging team and adding longtime
stars while paying an enormous
luxury tax work out? And can anyone dethrone Miami? We'll know
more when the playoffs start, exactly
1,230 games from now.

ZURICH, OCtObeR 29
(ReUteRs): Six players
from Bayern Munich's treble-winning team were included among the 23 nominees for the World Player of
the Year award announced
by FIFA on Tuesday. Jose
Mourinho was included
on the shortlist for Coach
of the Year despite failing
to win any major trophies
with Real Madrid last season, a performance the Portuguese himself described
as "disastrous".
The only British player
to make the list was Wales
international Gareth Bale.
African Nations Cup winning coach Stephen Keshi
of Nigeria was overlooked
and Manchester City mid-

fielder Yaya Toure was the
only African to make either
list. There were no representatives from Asia or
CONCACAF.
German internationals Manuel Neuer, Bastian
Schweinsteiger, Thomas
Mueller and Philipp Lahm,
Frenchman Franck Ribery
and Dutchman Arjen Robben were the Bayern players on the list. Joining the
Bayern contingent were
the usual favourites such
as Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Bayern's former coach
Jupp Heynckes, since replaced by Pep Guardiola,
was on the coaches list
after leading his side to a
Bundesliga, German Cup

and Champions League
treble. The omission of
Bayern's Croatian forward
Mario Mandzukic was a
surprise as many critics
felt he had made the difference between last season
and 2011/12, where Bayern were runners-up in all
three competitions.
Brazil's Luiz Felipe Scolari, whose side hosted and
won the Confederations
Cup in June, was the only
South American to make
the coaching shortlist. Radamel Falcao, Edinson Cavani, Luis Suarez, Neymar
and Thiago Silva were the
South American nominees
for the Player of the Year
award, along with Messi.
All six are based in Europe.

Paris Masters, where the
two could clash in the final.
"No doubt about that.
His talent allows him to
keep being one of the favourites, to keep winning
the best tournaments of
the year. "So talking about if
he's able to be back or try to
be back in the No. 1 (spot),
I think it's not his goal, because at the end he already
has been there. He has been
in the top positions of the
ranking for a long time."
Federer, who lost the
Basel final to Juan Martin

del Potro on Sunday, will
be seeded fifth in Paris as
he looks to secure a spot
in next month's ATP World
Tour Finals. Is the Swiss
worried at the prospect of
missing out on the yearend tournament? All signs
point to no, said Nadal. "At
the end, what really makes
you happy is to go on court
with the feeling you can
win the tournament. That's
probably the only thing that
maybe worries him," he
said, hinting Federer probably has plans for 2014.

"His goal probably will
be finish the year well and be
ready to start well in Australia next year. If that happens,
he will be one of the candidates to win the first grand
slam of the season. That's
something that really motivates him." Federer, this year,
has dropped out of the top
four for the first time since
2003. "But I am sure that he's
not finished. He will work
hard in the off-season to be
ready for 2014. I am sure he
will be back playing great
tennis again," said Nadal.

India’s under-performers ‘Federer doesn't care about no.1 spot’
need to fire in must win game
MATCH STARTS AT 1:30 PM
NAgPUR, OCtObeR 29
(PtI): Handicapped by the
poor form of some of their
key bowlers, India will be
under intense pressure as
they go into the do-or-die
sixth cricket one-dayer
against an upbeat Australia
here tomorrow, fully aware
that any slip-up at this
stage could cost them the
series. The visitors are sitting pretty with a 2-1 lead
in the best-of-seven series
after the successive washouts of the fourth and fifth
games of the long series at
Ranchi and Cuttack on October 23 and 26. The onus
is on India, whose underperforming players, need to
pull up their socks and fire
in unison to upset the apple
cart of the Australians who
came here with the record
of winning two seven-game
series in the past.
The hosts have no option but to win the remaining two matches to clinch
the series and any lapses
in tomorrow’s game could
turn out to be disastrous for
the team. “From our point
of view this is the game we
want to win. We don’t want
to save it for the last game
on Sunday (at Bangalore).
We want to wrap up with
this game. Obviously from
their (India’s) point of view
they need to win to stay
alive and from that point
pretty crucial for them,”

said Australian left arm
spinner Xavier Doherty in
the run-up to the crucial
match at the stadium.
Among the batsmen,
Virat Kohli and Mahendra
Singh Dhoni are the topscorers for the hosts, with
the former consistently
brilliant and the captain
playing that superb innings at Mohali to help the
team recover and post a
challenging 300-plus total
that was chased successfully by the visitors. Openers Shikhar Dhawan and
Rohit Sharma produced
top drawer batting in the
second ODI at Jaipur with
excellent knocks of 95 and
141 not out that helped India chase a huge target of
360 with plenty to spare.
India would be looking forward to this left-right combination to provide a very
good start again at the VCA
ground where 300 or more
scores have been put up on
four occasions in the past.
The worry for India is
the middle order given the
way Suresh Raina and Yuvraj Singh struggled against
the pace and bounce extracted by Mitchell Johnson
in Mohali. The 31-year-old
Queenslander produced
a scintillating show in the
last game that was not
washed out in the series
and he will come hard at
these two batsmen again

in the all-lefties’ battle. The
wicket at the Jamtha stadium may not be as conducive for Johnson’s type
of bowling, but he and the
other speedsters have certainly exposed some chinks
with their short-ball attack
in the Indian batting line
up. Raina and Yuvraj many
not have done much in the
series so far but are capable
of coming up with a scintillating show at some stage
of the competition and the
hosts would welcome such
a display in this do-or-die
game.
Doherty expected some
turn from the wicket after
the run-fest in this series
of tall scores. “I expected
some spinning wickets as
we got in the Test series
here (earlier this year).
Probably the last game
it rained (in Ranchi) or it
might have been spinning
a bit. Looks like this wicket will spin a bit and spinners will play a bit more of
a role,” he said ahead of the
clash. From India’s point
of view, some extra turn
would be very welcome especially for the struggling
R Ashwin whose economy
rate has gone for a toss in
the batting-friendly conditions. He has also continued to use his strange ploy
of coming round the wicket
and bowling ‘carrom’ balls
to the right-handers.

PARIs, OCtObeR 29
(ReUteRs): Been there,
done that. Roger Federer
does not need to be world
number one anymore and
he might well be a top contender at next year's Australian Open, his chief rival
Rafa Nadal said.
Federer's decline has
been well documented
since 2011, the year he
failed to win a grand slam
for the first time since
2003. He suffered yet another below par performance this season, at best

reaching the last four at the
Australian Open -- the first
time he has not made it to a
major final since 2002.
The Swiss, however,
has a record 17 grand slam
titles to his name and has
spent 302 weeks at the top
of the ATP rankings. He
does remain a formidable
opponent, according to
current world number one
Nadal. "I don't have any
doubt that he will be playing better than what he did
this year," the Spaniard told
a news conference at the

Let arjun tendulkar enjoy his cricket: Rohan gavaskar

LAHLI, OCtObeR 29 (PtI):
Well aware of the burden of expectations that comes with a legendary surname, former India player
Rohan Gavaskar is miffed at the
way the cricket fraternity is following each and every move of Sachin
Tendulkar's 14-year-old son, Arjun.
Clearly not in a mood to discuss
the progress made by the junior Tendulkar in school level cricket, Rohan
said the kid should be left alone and
allowed to "enjoy" his cricket. "This
is something I do not wish to discuss.
I don't want to talk about it," Rohan
said at first. Prodded a bit and the
son of the legendary Sunil Gavaskar
said, "The kid should be left alone, let
him enjoy his cricket.
"I have spoken to Sachin, I have
spoken to Anjali (Tendulkar) about
it. This is not fair on them." While
his father is considered to be one
of India's finest ever batsman, the
37-year-old Rohan couldn't really

reach those dizzy heights during a
cricket career spanning over a decade and a half.
Rohan played in 11 one-day internationals, with 54 being his best.
With 6938 runs and 18 centuries in
117 matches, his first-class record
stands a lot better. He had also captained Bengal for two seasons. Gavaskar had retired from first-class
cricket last year. Now a cricket
commentator, Rohan shared the
box with his father during the current ODI series against Australia,
against whom he made his one-day
debut in January 2004.
Knowing well that constant
comparison could be a problem,
Rohan doesn't want Arjun to be
weighed on the same scale as his
legendary father when he grows
up. Arjun, who bats left-handed,
had scored a century in the Mumbai Cricket Association's Under-14
selection trials in May last year.

cclaimed Chinese
pianist Lang Lang
has been given a
special role by officials at
the United Nations (UN)
in a bid to help educate
youngsters around the
world. The classical superstar is now a messenger of peace, the highest
accolade handed out by
the UN, and he is the first
person from China to receive the title. His new
role comes after acting as
a goodwill ambassador
for the intergovernmental organisation's children's charity UNICEF for
10 years.
After receiving the
honour from Un Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
on Monday, Lang said,
Last night, I couldn't sleep
thinking about it. Playing
concerts (is) one thing,
but to give back to the society, I think is even more
important as a human being. The 31 year old revealed he now wants to
go into war zones to help
promote the importance
of education. He joins the
ranks of famous messengers of peace including
Stevie Wonder, George
Clooney, Charlize Theron
and Edward Norton.

R&B singer Rihanna is set to buy three seats on Sir Richard
Branson's Virgin Galactic to travel into space next year.

T

he 'Only Girl (In
The World)' singer is reportedly
planning to buy
three seats on Sir Richard
Branson's Virgin Galactic
programme. The 25-yearold pop superstar is on the
waiting list for one of next
year's expensive flights,
and she hopes to take her
younger brother Rorrey,
23, and a bodyguard on the
out-of-this-world mission.
A source told the Daily
Star newspaper ''Rihanna
has already put down a deposit for the flight. ''She has
been obsessed with space
since she was a child so it
would be a dream come true
for her.'' Rihanna has long
been fascinated by space and

her rapper-and-DJ brother
lifted the lid on her obsession with aliens last month.
Rorrey revealed ''She
believes there are UFOs.
No one knows for sure,
but Ri and I think they're
out there.'' The 'Diamonds'
singer - who is worth more
than $43 million - is set to
join fellow famous wannabe astronauts Ashton
Kutcher and his girlfriend
Mila Kunis, Justin Bieber
and Leonardo DiCaprio
who all have confirmed
seats on the Virgin Atlantic
programme.
The world's first commercial spaceline is expected to launch in 2014 and
more than 500 people have
already paid deposits for

Dimapur

the trips. The Virgin Galactic website states seats are
$250,000 each and many potential passengers have visited Necker Island with Branson and completed G-force
training. SpaceShipTwo was
unveiled in the Mojave Desert in California in 2009.
The first ever two-hour
flight in the planet's orbit
will be boarded by Branson and his family and
anyone who has paid a deposit guaranteeing them a
place on it. Passengers will
travel 62 miles in altitude
- the internationally recognised boundary of outer
space - and will experience
weightlessness and an incredible view of the curve
of the Earth.

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Aamir Khan gets Us honour for tackling social issues Brad Pitt has

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ollywood superstar Aamir Khan has
been honoured with
a prestigious US award in
recognition of his successful effort to create debate
on India's pressing social
problems through his popular TV show "Satyamev
Jayate".
Khan, 47, was presented
with the Inaugural America
Abroad Media Award along
with Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow and
the International Centre
on Non-violent Conflict
(ICNC) at a function here
Monday night.
Launched in 2012, the
Sunday morning show
"Satyamev Jayete", tackles some of India's most
pressing social problems
- forced abortions of unborn girls; domestic violence; child sexual abuse;
alcoholism and treatment

of the elderly.
"I have no idea how
the work that we started
back home would interest
somehow outside India,"
said Aamir Khan accepting
the award in person making a rare exception to his
practice of not attending
award shows.
"Me and my team are
trying to do this show with
love, because we feel that
we are part of the problem
and we are also part of the
solution. And we need to
find that. We need to question ourselves and look inside as opposed to pointing
outside," he said after the
ceremony.
Aamir Khan, who was
accompanied by his filmmaker wife Kiran Rao, said
he is working on the next
season of the show, which
became so popular at home
that it propelled him on to

I

Priyanka becomes the first Indian
face of International brand ‘GUess’

P

riyanka Chopra is
going places. The
former Miss World,
who ventured into acting
in Bollywood almost a decade back has bagged an
endorsement deal with an
international brand. The
actress-singer has been
signed by international
clothing brand ‘Guess’ for
it’s Holiday 2013 campaign.
The 33-year-old actress
has already gone international with music as her platform, but now she has gone
a step further by becoming
the first Indian ‘Guess’ girl.
"I`m so proud to be the next
#GuessGirl. It`s a legacy of
beauty for 30 years..Thank
u @bryanadams and @
GUESS for making this such
a fab shoot," Priyanka Chopra tweeted.
PeeCee has got the opportunity to work with
singer-photographer Bryan Adams for this campaign. Needless to say, Priyanka has pulled it off really
well.

V

ictoria Beckham has
been nominated for
two awards, Brand
of the Year and Red Carpet Designer, at the British Fashion Awards this
year. The 39-year-old de-

stopped using soap

ans," he said.
In the coming election
season, Aamir Khan said
he would like to see political parties making social

justice and the needs of
the common man as part of
their agenda.
When asked by a Pakistani journalist whether he
would work for a Pakistani
film, Aamir Khan answered
in the affirmative. "I am a
creative person. Whenever
I receive an offer from any
part of the world, which is
of interest to me, I would
like to do that."
"The culture of India
and Pakistan are the same.
Our language is the same.
There is a lot of similarities among us. So indeed if
there is any offer of a film
from Pakistan, and I like the
script, I would certainly like
to do that," he said.
Bigelow, the other winner, is the director of "Hurt
Locker", a 2008 American
war film about a threeman bomb disposal team
during the Iraq War, and
"Zero Dark Thirty", where
she chronicled America's
decade-long hunt for Osama bin Laden. She is the
only woman to have won
an Oscar for Best Director,
for "Hurt Locker".
Founded by Peter Ackerman, the ICNC produces
award-winning documentaries on the role of non-violent
resistance
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Mr Wokha 2013 to be held on December 17

Kohima, october
29 (mexN): Campaign
Modelling Agency (CMA)
Wokha has announced
that Mr. Wokha 2013 (3rd
Season) will be held on December 17, 2013 at Local
Ground, Wokha with the
theme “Pious & Strength”.
The contest will be held in
association with Mr. Nagaland, Mr. North East and Mr.
International India contest.
Director CMA, Thunglamo Yanthan in a press
i was born with Music
inside
me...that any
release
informed
interested
in and
a young boy of eight
monthsLotha
playing
across the state, who has
with his instruments.
the VeRO
zeal to participate in
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the contest can collect the

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the cover of Time maga- to sensitise people about
zine's 100 Most Influential issues and see that we can
People In the World issue find solutions to our own
issues back home. I am
this year.
"All my capabilities lie looking to talking to Indiin the field
of PATTON
media and
haCh
storytelling. So we try to
combine our expertise and
It’s magical, powerful and awesome. Nacapabilities in storytelling
gas and their love for music are but a tapand television and picking
estry. It is inherent to both the old and
social issues we feelthethat
young. It is inexplicably intense. I still
remember
one fine morning the guitar
can make a difference,"
he
maestro, Ren Merry telling his music stusaid.
Khan screeneddents
theat Patkai Christian College about the
Nagas love for music and its prospects.
foetal infanticide episode
In his words. “I find that Nagas are inSunday
night
at hotel
for they do. But as of now I can ascredibly
talented
in whatever
a small
audience
sure you
that, if wewhose
are to complete with the rest of the world.
Its’ through
our music”.
That was circa 1994. Almost 20 years
members
audibly
gasped
down the women
line he has told
not been proven wrong.
as several
Naga musician have taken their passion for music all
theiracross
gruesome
stories,
the world and have made great impressions. Some menaccording
to
the
Washingtion can be
made
about the indomitable spirit of the Abioton Post.
genesis, Divine Connection, Alobo Naga, Neise Meruno, Nagaland Chamber
Choirsaid,
and the new teenage sensation the Polar
Aamir
Khan
Lights.
Talk
about
though
it is
nice
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beand
fe- Jamaica and you think of music and
good here,
times. So,
‘musicos’. You have taken Nagaland to
licitated
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is more
the world. Now, it is about time you bring the world to Nagaconcerned
about Indian
land and let them feel our love and passion for good music.
audience.
"My
main
aim isTis the land of music and festivities.
Nagaland here
we come.
to really work in India and

signer is in the running for
both the Brand of the Year
and Red Carpet Designer
prizes after being recognised for her contribution
to the industry over the
past year.

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he 'World War Z' actor has decided to
forms from Hornbill Res- and Best Ethnic Wear.
forgo traditional
taurant, Nongo Publication
Candidates having
methods
of washing and is
Centre (Uniform House) minimum height of 5.5
and Wokha Circle Students’ feet and above, between reportedly cleaning himUnion Office Wokha. Thun- the age of 16 and 26, and self with a combination of
glamo further informed single can duly submit lemons, water and apple
that the winner of the con- the forms along with full cider vinegar, as he thinks
it is better for the environtest will walk away with a length photograph.
cash prize of Rs. 20,000,
Thunglamo further en- ment.
A source said: ''Brad
while the 1st and 2nd run- couraged all interested cansays
he's read up on the
ners up will receive an didates that the experience
amount of Rs. 15,000 and would help boost the confi- toxins of soap - especially
Rs. 10,000 respectively.
dence and social etiquette as the antibacterial ones - and
Besides the Mr. Wokha this is the only male oriented feels that using them and
Title, the contest would platform to expose them- antiperspirants is not only
have eight sub titles: Mr. selves into the fashion world. bad for the planet, but it
Photogenic, Mr. Fresh For any queries, one may also speeds up the ageing
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Jolie - who says he smells
''like a sheepdog'' - and
their six children; Maddox,
12, Pax, nine, Zahara, eight,
Shiloh, seven and five-yearold twins Knox and Vivienne.
The source continued:
''Angelina was revolted - and
their kids even started calling him 'Stinky Daddy'. ''Angie agreed to humour him
only as long as they weren't
on the same continent.''
Brad, 49 is currently
filming 'Fury' in London,
while Angelina, 38, is directing her second movie,
'Unbroken', in Australia.
They are said to be planning to meet up in Hong
Kong before Christmas.

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Transcending
Through sporTs:
develop beTTer
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1st Kohima district
ward/block volleyball
tourney underway

Noelle Pikus-Pace receives a hug from her daughter Lacee,
5, after competing in the United States women's skeleton
team trials Monday, Oct. 28, 2013, in Park City, Utah. Noelle
Pikus-Pace came in first place after 2 heats. (AP Photo)

Tendulkar keeps
Mumbai hopes alive
LAHLI, OCTOBER 29
(PTI): Sachin Tendulkar
warmed up for his farewell
series against the West Indies next month with a gritty unbeaten half-century
to keep Mumbai's chances
alive in their Ranji Trophy match against a spirited Haryana on Tuesday.
Featuring in his last Ranji
Trophy innings, Tendulkar
played the lone-ranger as
he remained not out on a
patient 55 at stumps on the
third day, with Mumbai, set
a target of 240, needing another 39 runs to win with
four wickets in hand.
The 40-time defending
champions were 201 for six
at close of day, with Dhawal
Kulkarni giving Tendulkar
company on six. Resuming
at 224 for nine, Haryana
were all bowled out for 241
earlier in the day.
After that Tendulkar
held centrestage by showing signs of regaining his
form, much to the delight
of the packed crowd who
had been awaiting his arrival at the crease with bated breath. The champion
batsman, who will walk
into sunset after playing

his landmark 200th Test
against the West Indies
next month, decorated his
innings with four hits to
the fence while facing 122
balls. One shot that brought
back the days of yore was
the cracker of a cover drive
Tendulkar produced off
pacer Ashish Hooda, attracting huge cheers from
the packed crowd.
Chants of 'Sachin, Sachin' was heard almost all
day long and he obliged his
fans in this sleepy village by
recording his 115th firstclass fifty. Tendulkar, who
was dismissed for five in
the first innings, got to his
50 when he flicked Joginder
Sharma for two through the
vacant square leg region,
bringing the crowd to its
feet. The 40-year-old Tendulkar was concentration
personified as he looked to
bail Mumbai out of a difficult situation by bringing
into play all his experience.
He was far from being
his aggressive best, but
on this tricky track at the
Chaudhary Bansi Lal Stadium, patience was the order
of the day and Tendulkar
showed that in abundance.

A three day long 1st Kohima District Ward/Block
Volleyball Tournament
2013 (Men & women) got
underway here this morning at the Kohima Local
Ground under the aegis of
the Kohima District Volleyball Association (KDVA)
with the theme “Transcending through sports.”
Altogether, 15 men’s
team and 6 women’s team
are vying for top honours,
which will conclude on October 31.
Gracing the inaugural
function as the chief guest,
Dr. Neikiesalie (Nicky) Kire,
parliamentary secretary
for law & justice, land revenue & labour and employment congratulated KDVA
for starting such event and
hoped that it would grow
from strength to strength,
and at the same time enhance the standard of volleyball discipline in the state.
Dr. Kire also called upon
the participating teams to
mingle with one another
as to develop better under-

standing and build unity
among themselves. He also
advised the sportspersons
to fully concentrate on
what discipline/field they
are good and try to become
experts in it.
Also advising them to
join other tournaments in
Mokokchung, Dimapur or
elsewhere, he was of that

‘Education without sports is incomplete’

view that more exposure
will help them to improve
upon and excel. Further, Dr.
Kire called upon the managers of all the participating teams to expose their
teams to the higher level.
Earlier, KDVA president
Visasielie Suohu delivered
welcome address while
Visakolie Rhatsu admin-

istered oath to the participating teams. The inaugural function was chaired by
organizing committee convenor Er. Dzüvichüto Khale.
Former DGP Nagaland K.
Kire, Angami Public Organization (APO) president
Keneingunyu Sekhose and
several others also present
at the inaugural function.

DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 29
(MExN): The 39th annual
sports week of Patkai Christian College (Autonomous)
commenced Tuesday at 1st
NAP Ground, Chumukedima, with parliamentary secretary for CAWD, R Tohanba,
as chief guest of the inaugural function. The chief guest
in his address said sports is
the “main component” behind the physical, mental,
moral and spiritual wellbeing of a person and that education without games and
sports is incomplete.
Tohanba said in the
modern era, sports has become a thriving industry and
sportspersons have become
assets to their state or country by bringing fame, glory
and recognition. He said
present Indian sportspersons like cricketer Virat
Kohli, Mary Kom and Naga
archer Chekrovolu Swuro
have not only gained fame
for themselves but are doing
the country proud with their
sporting feats.
The parliamentary secretary also said that given
the vast scope of sports, Nagaland government is also
giving maximum thrust

in this sector through introduction of state sports
policy, building sports infrastrucuture and imparting trainings to the talented sportspersons. Tohanba
further said that the Hornbill Festival has come as
a big boon in highlighting
various Naga taditional
and indigenous sports like
wrestling and tug-of-war.
Reminding that the first
Olympic Games in ancient
Athens heralded the spirit of unity and peace, the

KS Angami, PCC principal
H Epao and other dignitaries also attended the inaugural ceremony. Students
divided into four houses
– Tornado, Hurricane, Typhoon and Cyclone-will
compete in the sports meet
held under the theme “Living the art of teamwork.”
The opening ceremony also
witnessed an exhibition
football match between
Nagaland Premier League
defending champion Barak
FC and PCC students.